PDF malware analysis — malicious · c405a8430f68d54f

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.8 KB

MD5: e46ec256c2aacf416f2be566f3521f9c SHA-1: b97ac0b50336960e147467244b10eebb12c929d2 SHA-256: c405a8430f68d54fc41b034768939eaf9169a84d0d8d5b1b1420c14d43e1914e

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' firing suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability to execute this script. The script's purpose is to decode and evaluate further obfuscated code, a common technique for downloading and executing additional malicious content. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this. The attack pattern is consistent with a PDF-based exploit delivering a secondary payload.

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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
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` `11b03694c4e705ab29873cc5e2c55342ee498b376ac2dc5f05ce17018ef44c38`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	264 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `4146833c7b23dd81562ba480628a5a234a718f4099096600d5ca849836bff56a`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5289 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` `2e76f5d1c9e1f96d225244375714edececc9c49f0bea5f75138d257045ff94d8`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2CC	12558 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` `84ed92b2bf22acbfc9f7012aa5e2e0ec50fe1f85606b5387b15918d904512d90`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	75685 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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