PDF malware analysis — malicious · be3bd6b5b8f6dc2a

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB

MD5: eb22bbfe7f9dd00e4e249bc16f54c555 SHA-1: cc90ce9cf00617bb9857eaa3cc8d9dd0cea179f8 SHA-256: be3bd6b5b8f6dc2a9f2295f0d9b8259110734c7b4509e04f355e3fb9528b62db

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability related to the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' function. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and appears to act as a stager, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' further confirms its malicious nature. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible due to obfuscation, hence the 'unknown family' classification.

Heuristics 7

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-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
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` `eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `d0507b26d91a8a8d1e2cb3d7f3647690916a1c27ddf32392040baf029ed3e5a3`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5057 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` `32dedc0183b209da7782b40a70bb2cf9576ec3ec9b142c6550bee9f85833c62c`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12000 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` `c0620beaffe783692045413a4ee15fcb5e1efd73d1d341fcdcd02244e09b1ea7`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	72332 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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