PDF malware analysis — malicious · d076542c60bc37e5

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB

MD5: e7971f8f84574c5c0334673d6ad9b124 SHA-1: 5a78ce69801b0ee24423c08ce2168a0cedb8208d SHA-256: d076542c60bc37e5a90ab901c833a1c34913f5ced05107034a0aa6ca7a30f6d6

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple embedded JavaScript streams and triggers heuristics related to CVE-2007-5659, specifically the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method. This indicates an attempt to exploit a known PDF vulnerability. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the execution of complex malicious code, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The overall confidence is high due to the critical heuristic firings and the nature of the embedded scripts.

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` `083cd03b8d1d39892228f75813a97dbd9e0969e8dee02c0e5b5c5a07ab60a2c0`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5061 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` `fc7ee3e607492554bbc251e6c6d69c138c31d025cf07dff79697f79101aebbe6`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12119 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` `4e6f24a602726490186583e372386bf7f320900cbbb431316cf7093109c28692`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	74383 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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