PDF malware analysis — malicious · b0e581e991dd1b85

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB

MD5: c108d8091e1f00ad6409447329d862c6 SHA-1: c9168afeeed50965676de8a090aa619bb88ed3a8 SHA-256: b0e581e991dd1b85c1a0fd3b997b018744e3bfa475718f2d23ffc2a11edce074

126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This JavaScript acts as a stager, decoding and executing further malicious code. The analysis recovered multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files, indicating a multi-stage payload delivery mechanism. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

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)
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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `b9a85ee399db318b3ad68d0755effe289a645a7404fad2094712c8a3fd042920`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	244 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `454cd4d03a92415e40d7e87e80a2637677de627468daf3bc560640869b0d34c6`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5044 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `1016b01f7b68c78e78b9733f857c965e670b0cc6011ecb201d26841b3d6abce6`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2CA	11926 bytes
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).
`deobfuscated.js` `745fa9cfb3f735c7ad5ee406ddce74ed1225fdf02b559ab16e89ef81b843ffb4`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	45898 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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