PDF malware analysis — malicious · 93f2c058806d9043

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB

MD5: 27b7d218e85dd8659020f0c06e992e7e SHA-1: d51cce8287143d36d3e562c507b9d10f7b0afa5f SHA-256: 93f2c058806d90437020a4e7d989e8f8381ec7ef14276cc890adfdb5df099927

268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF document contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_UNESCAPE. Specifically, the CVE_2007_5659 heuristic identifies the use of Collab.collectEmailInfo and a hex stager, suggesting the script is designed to decode and execute malicious code. This technique is commonly used to download and run further malware. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 9

Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659

PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35912 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35912
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER

PDF JavaScript uses syncAnnotScan()/getAnnots() to read an indirect annotation /Subject stream, percent-decodes it through marker replacement, then uses a callee.toString()-derived key to decode and eval the final exploit stage.
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `7218a1c68060953321573daa035b16f5f32928ce25a9eb656690dbe78cd9464e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	201 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `62307fe53d2707a0c1e9c539f41ac8f2a67a2dd91888212cf8e0b5e17cdb0869`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5014 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `6e41cfc678c3ec637c20f36c611bd677b4138c5e54403ec7a05d2d2379a222aa`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2B5	12043 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `cffa08ff6dcaa08cb36205c5d78cad8c601bd62c780ce8bc564fb621646033c7`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	45051 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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