PDF malware analysis — malicious · d07400766c8e6381

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB

MD5: c88e2674c9b1293700faa5e989e58faf SHA-1: c353cd777c289c919886d485da15e2481443c0b1 SHA-256: d07400766c8e6381db929f7570e9662801b303bb827dc21ade48496f24c10659

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link or Document: User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link or Document: User Execution: Malicious Document

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically triggered by the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method, which is known to be vulnerable to CVE-2007-5659. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code within the PDF viewer. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files indicates a complex staging process, likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The high confidence is due to the critical heuristic firings related to the exploit.

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` `e2df69027edf66c5270bebe97791eb7afaacd76a84242ec974a4b0a54dd17940`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5155 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` `8c23135746c7ef11d31634214c1d43d7c30bda58bbc915f7d76319cb08548a7f`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12386 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` `1fddca6cc8bfeb402a7a77ccdc3197cb80d7a8a6096a6bfd11380ef0371d49a9`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	72733 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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