PDF malware analysis — malicious · 96b45a89ab2e6a26

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB

MD5: 71fe16ae9d83e7fc96c8591e61e88981 SHA-1: 3680dedc3a31fcc46870637402b46493cce4e9b6 SHA-256: 96b45a89ab2e6a26f7f6ab241fe50b3c24e1cd8256f3b57ccdd9ec21689abb96

226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically triggered by the 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stager' heuristic, which indicates an attempt to exploit CVE-2007-5659. The recovered JavaScript, 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of U3D content and the ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Heuristics 8

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)
U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED

PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13866 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13866
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` `11b03694c4e705ab29873cc5e2c55342ee498b376ac2dc5f05ce17018ef44c38`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A4	264 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `ef9397a200b706b17ecaed745a87200a893867a2e25703917c9e38ad0d479646`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x151	5587 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `a79c1eab29e711f3a1c0b65e782c86e0c6056eabfac3cbd550a3c9d78fb15406`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	269034 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`u3d_00_off00002874.bin` `cffa1d7a24d7b9b42a43d7048cdc78d60069fa1b4ff10ec2aa0d89c3ba9ba702`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x2874	27384 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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