PDF malware analysis — malicious · 98e5217aa39c2b93

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB

MD5: b10ac2fa533f5a69d311f353fa448c7c SHA-1: a508f067b7e01ff1d32e103502e8212bd648bdd7 SHA-256: 98e5217aa39c2b9343dcd6fd1d10071d523df0d8b6008dc9105ee6b8f65c886a

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The PDF file contains multiple embedded JavaScript streams and triggers heuristics related to JavaScript stagers and the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of a PDF reader vulnerability to execute obfuscated JavaScript. This script likely acts as a downloader for a second-stage payload, as indicated by the presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063'.

Heuristics 7

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
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` `eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `e733c79e15a62a6b4f115d7d8896973f60b499d0d8513e9f142f7412042e11cb`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5161 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `60768b06026333eeb96e5f55bfc47077122ad177fe1e418c67d98b0232806202`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12241 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `179726c6b01e96ff116297d04c6139a80ac18337f606f1e6d31ba315e419b6dc`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	78789 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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