Malware Insights
The PDF file contains multiple embedded JavaScript streams and triggers critical heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) and a JavaScript stager. The presence of these exploit-related indicators suggests the document is designed to execute malicious JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' files, likely contains obfuscated code intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.
Heuristics 7
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Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659PDF 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)
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
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Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGERPDF 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.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCANPDF 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)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 |
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javascript_obj0007_000.jseb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D | 273 bytes |
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js7ac926664b9201d88d61c700c7fbf7ae76d97b62a5d7e1faa6f7ad8cf09ed647 |
deobfuscated-js | annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A | 5066 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.jse097edc6096fddb9edc784a5037e9c65214073009d96314cc04f29006ed440c2 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6 | 12054 bytes |
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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).
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deobfuscated.js1d2888cc33806760fa240150cc4f2662dc992994d73be0b2b06ed9777d99f77a |
deobfuscated-js | PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass | 72242 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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