PDF malware analysis — malicious · c6bc02d637c85a5b

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB

MD5: eb89cde7a3d9320ae4449441c7a4274f SHA-1: 210e1fdf03e8b82b2b4eb9f61520165d81180c67 SHA-256: c6bc02d637c85a5b2dc2af01e2b01130b3ed75ddc1e49d76e2d5800deeee2795

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically leveraging the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the syncAnnotScan primitive. The extracted JavaScript artifacts, including 'annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', and 'deobfuscated.js', indicate a complex stager designed to execute malicious code. The primary intent appears to be the download and execution of a second-stage 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: 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` `9817e79978d03332a32a8acfde2fd5637fff5a24fa0137cb57852b685e4376c7`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	4983 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` `f0405b5e1a26edd8446ffac2b0915bc34805faca24aa269c748edea6e5ee4807`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	11836 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` `b389aec763bbb0c3762f0595f3564c98fe3289135ec38b0956359955e026e4ae`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	74776 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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