PDF malware analysis — malicious · 96ba6e91fcd6a070

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB

MD5: 859f9cf636e5ffb9c6c1d2fe8818e63a SHA-1: 56623311ac24d4d315f5fb2008f0cd053f906fdb SHA-256: 96ba6e91fcd6a070a75a18346c0164b016fccefe94a38e2b34b7aa90f85751bd

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. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates that the document exploits a vulnerability to execute this JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript, particularly 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', is heavily obfuscated but appears to be a stager designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript and the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability strongly suggest a malicious intent, likely for malware delivery.

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` `e53cd3b2abe44a0ffe069bd2e56f48e1b1e8932489ba93331de44d133ee7058e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	582 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `a18d3b077221cd4407e7760174db41562449b0c83fdb801a3f8a05f819bcf6de`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5040 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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