MALICIOUS
178
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a 'callee-key hex stager' exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the `collab.collectEmailInfo` function. This JavaScript is responsible for decoding and executing a secondary payload. The presence of this exploit and the decoded JavaScript stream strongly indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.
Heuristics 6
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Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659PDF 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)
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165
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Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGERPDF 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.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0007_000.js3f254d15363cfc46f758dc79a2cb1074c4072b68aa3f4c80a9bf6696d85176e0 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 | 1045 bytes |
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js7148d910dd005e6ab57c71fc51b23c6f3c4a0825120b8886aa6d834c2c320623 |
deobfuscated-js | annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F | 5406 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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