PDF malware analysis — malicious · ae3b3053c3a44274

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: 3003ff069ae4a1605d4d23fea3cb31bc SHA-1: e7b98138241c2b43f1b238862cd0a82c66d40d88 SHA-256: ae3b3053c3a4427462e4b206c041665cfa31c1deb36ec0fc56d4fa5c6ac03498

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability by using a JavaScript stager embedded within an annotation subject. This stager is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' further confirms its malicious nature. The deobfuscated JavaScript indicates a complex execution chain, typical of exploit delivery.

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-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
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.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `0b907bb2513b76c20ffb1cb56317c7608f3901996adef2ad79d5ffaa2a351c76`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5061 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `527dbccca4b5dd3b67ffccc74b205a5db80b7815a173185079440017e0c44ed4`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	73137 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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