PDF malware analysis — malicious · b2ac68a2f4582c68

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.5 KB

MD5: 73634d1cd819c7823028f3e7cadfcaa6 SHA-1: e5887850d0108b399ff6724674b0eb2171632e2a SHA-256: b2ac68a2f4582c687e7b8ac82e5d066f2ac9c95841bc24026e6391769df86a62

244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER'. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' indicates exploitation of a known vulnerability. The deobfuscated JavaScript is extensive and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' and 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' findings. ClamAV also detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35901'.

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 static deobfuscation)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35901 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35901
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 2 related findings PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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_obj0005_000.js` `4718a27c2224fc36bf24f8e8e04598f1ad78adce4401c7be2708318738a6983d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `d368216ae9f842531eff92a01ba91e2b2926bb776a3003232249f81ffd52008b`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	77712 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).

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