PDF malware analysis — malicious · a04ae5130f97d3a2

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.0 KB

MD5: 4bdc9c8505e709ade085d093fed074c9 SHA-1: 73270103ae727b18d78ee1c9b9295b1960e7b207 SHA-256: a04ae5130f97d3a20317c1216373bb7078472542504c1698aca8399af7ff8e20

194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exploits CVE-2007-5659 by leveraging embedded JavaScript. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and functions as a multi-stage dropper. It decodes and executes payloads, ultimately leading to the download and execution of a secondary stage. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a known vulnerability in PDF readers to deliver a malicious payload.

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build, 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `6c41320119e160dc719997b9a2efb3600ea9d7e9d7e44b4dc2125762dc9f365f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	505 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` `d2eb4f8e5a6ceab9fc91b5ddd30463c420cbf90c4935b1b55d8923a882e1f803`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1AA7	1747 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` `fbb39a7caaf35fe7915f004ef48b6b3fb56302a9bad928b3ab0ecba3fd42b6f0`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x352	4910 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `a17e7506d8150f2a28b2708b3aea9192243ba7e052701b7656b5dc5e5f9c86c1`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	25258 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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