PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9dafa3a13bbd751e

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB

MD5: 0dc4a8ee53e348103262a5d1072dfd5c SHA-1: 7a108a1d8f399764f53c807eefeabac99e9287cb SHA-256: 9dafa3a13bbd751eea9defe5e4fe4e61f4a31dc320c401f834085d90a8102094

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. The 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js' file was recovered and deobfuscated, indicating it's designed to execute malicious code. This exploit is commonly used to download and run further payloads.

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165
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` `3f254d15363cfc46f758dc79a2cb1074c4072b68aa3f4c80a9bf6696d85176e0`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	1045 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `422d325720649f909b0ed1cf93cbfa79326e75453b445ab24dee2bc6abcc7122`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5261 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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