PDF malware analysis — malicious · b9a06fe0b0ffe47d

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB

MD5: 77c5b8f89cecba05e1a3b407334d6425 SHA-1: c764443f40e8b2f3247a70acdb314fdb05261708 SHA-256: b9a06fe0b0ffe47d13fe3475cbef728b269171c3d3dc6aa18ed92da9f8c1a186

216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and designed to be executed as a stager. The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to achieve this. The extracted JavaScript, particularly 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', is a deobfuscated stager that likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the specific exploit heuristic strongly suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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-36165 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165
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` `3f254d15363cfc46f758dc79a2cb1074c4072b68aa3f4c80a9bf6696d85176e0`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	1045 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` `8da242692f4d8e082e1e947ac14466c1ce06f843e3272ebc629025e187614c1d`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5280 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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