PDF malware analysis — malicious · 94ecfba6bf718c04

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB

MD5: b64be3040d3175d9bd9533c91ed0b3d2 SHA-1: 1f127ebb683fff49a84b903baf2201a1a2368350 SHA-256: 94ecfba6bf718c04d78d720e87597537f35f790432f499205f07555c73b84caa

118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics. Specifically, the 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic indicates the exploitation of a vulnerability related to the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method to execute a hex-decoded JavaScript stager. This stager, recovered as 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a subsequent payload, a common technique for initial access.

Heuristics 5

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)
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.
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `0df291d69669aabea8d48539ff6e3447b14e49a861871000e6476334f075bd19`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	1011 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `e458bd88eca1e33bc7fb78ea0bbcbcafd4fc4a3c76c738b44a126fb72ab83170`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5161 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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