PDF malware analysis — malicious · badd8f2fcdd367f2

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.0 KB

MD5: 075bda6c0444181903212a6bd21249fc SHA-1: e11cf097e4f9f025c12f7c4d00849e5fcb5df7fe SHA-256: badd8f2fcdd367f285cd760c4a9247df12367dc261cc3100e2d9891f9cbe71ba

194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' and 'CVE_2007_5659'. The exploit targets the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method, a known vulnerability (CVE-2007-5659). The embedded JavaScript is designed as a multi-stage dropper, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis. Confidence is high due to the critical heuristic firings and clear exploit vector.

Heuristics 8

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.Dropper.Agent-7217038-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7217038-0
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, 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.
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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_obj0005_000.js` `9d5c7e01faed5b04e9ec11f1d98b73f0012c871beaf60e9f9d32ad6df00d46f7`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	550 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `01ba16d4c1a9fad4a870e9483c3e08786c86a712f09e8942c2092ee336049d4e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1AD7	1708 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `f4e84d8952195a0453d370092a3e4ed2b7896e3cd0849a1b921a1aad2291b542`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x359	4924 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `0f11402ee641fbe0e38ec0c6e85e5654340a1524a7f7d34628d308401e404c33`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	22746 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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