PDF malware analysis — malicious · ae0d1b24908bfe27

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB

MD5: 7b73ffbc654cbe9a26a6c39b28eaf6d0 SHA-1: ff03a676d379824602f754093d4d8bc2b65d6457 SHA-256: ae0d1b24908bfe278188f49b6fbea10974e611438923e85caa7f31d536440f57

216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This JavaScript acts as a stager, indicated by the heuristic 'PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER' and the deobfuscated JavaScript file 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js'. The stager is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access and further system compromise.

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-36179 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36179
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.
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `e89d7054d228dd0d7d4de9a02d1607a443ba297f326673115b5825c1b6cb184a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	823 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `683705e7a86e11aff891203a18456f5819cc4abcad44e5bfa84b81f9be3ee63d`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5039 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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