PDF malware analysis — malicious · 987494a343a65733

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB

MD5: 0fe983f4ea87b3e72d83d587fb3cfc22 SHA-1: 9da39c1af459369869e471f58c723c82713a75f2 SHA-256: 987494a343a657335c1a5f7a3d756deae8a58292ef276d43991899ad2a10316f

234 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristic firings. The critical CVE_2007_5659 and PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER firings strongly suggest that the embedded JavaScript is designed to exploit a vulnerability and download a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7285124-0' further confirms its malicious nature as a dropper. No specific family could be identified, but the attack pattern is consistent with a multi-stage exploit delivery.

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)
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.Dropper.Agent-7285124-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7285124-0
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `ab3f4be7a3e2e879e844dcace56ca59cf8fe7249dc5a05c90896f0c9e7dd732a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x14F	559 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `ef0fef50690ff98d000e033a71e01e26ed703551008da7ae9f62024e3d627195`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1D46	1850 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `b3be0af2e1e4f291d4e2ea7176c85fde4d4f64419784fb54f7bf9a35b659398c`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x37B	5430 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `833ec12cb2ec99708edd862bd0ac8a3feeb95e6840e27a9533621af6d49b89d3`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	241093 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).
`u3d_00_off00002242.bin` `70cf2aead4823e6d2651c9281eed0aa967449da358f439efb9e8e707421175e0`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x2242	28021 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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