PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9643b148f275cf8b

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB

MD5: 74fb0fcafbb6bf6dc85a9989d6964e81 SHA-1: 5992f0d1d05c362a2d05571c93e468ff6f9ce6fc SHA-256: 9643b148f275cf8bb24b90321acc78e8fc48ee2011b441bd0855aa7f9889d022

126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659: Collab.collectEmailInfo' indicates the use of a known vulnerability to execute obfuscated JavaScript. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the specific exploit targeting suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 6

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.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `dc37160715dd481d0bf49e7af5079aad16ed0e66896c1ae05ca27000b3e4454e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	259 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `68959a42906a49da53a174863e54eb7ab221fad1014e1b700603b4607d40810c`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5134 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `624fc2b7d0cf02973390081c3f07d1587a52e333580cda4b364f21473ab49c99`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	42427 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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