PDF malware analysis — malicious · aaf06cf09b155134

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB

MD5: 1a357db3ce553887e0b6f0430e168442 SHA-1: adafb6f50d9c97ba0268d4885d2a9004fc954e44 SHA-256: aaf06cf09b1551346741a65eb46dac341c9b12ac3aa94f419c7b95e240593876

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The critical heuristic indicates that this JavaScript is hex-encoded and then evaluated, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript further supports this malicious intent.

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-36088 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36088
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.
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)
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` `9fd87306e37a04c361ea1b68a1cf4474b7a018e2270929a8c382cd129d8fc406`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	566 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `08460b82f80b99e15a3ce5f1fa6cc44a5c1e2173367cffc0c7b8df142ff80809`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5149 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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