PDF malware analysis — malicious · d0011a2d828acaf2

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB

MD5: 8024ae7a019b787d642db183dcfa0260 SHA-1: b9685b3ccb4f0c5b5cf452df7888a31af98768cd SHA-256: d0011a2d828acaf27f644f0f2bc2a567b879bc699b02fa561381bf3cb04a0024

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.001 Malicious Link or Unsafe File

The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This vulnerability is used to execute a JavaScript stager, as evidenced by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The deobfuscated JavaScript, annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js, likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for initial access and further infection.

Heuristics 6

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-36165 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36165
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.
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `3f254d15363cfc46f758dc79a2cb1074c4072b68aa3f4c80a9bf6696d85176e0`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	1045 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `7355a0a47d504f07cc76dfe6f3378bb7126b57a014e03cc8cfb421f0cfa4ac99`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5003 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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