PDF malware analysis — malicious · d15062b119afa132

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB

MD5: fa645b548d76967b76a87ed37043e62a SHA-1: dfd0cc09ef2efce3c9ab6fef097f451209df0310 SHA-256: d15062b119afa132ac609fb827b336616047a4ea9141a6c193a20cb5e6759b0c

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains multiple embedded JavaScript streams and triggers critical heuristics related to PDF exploits, specifically CVE-2007-5659 using the `collab.collectEmailInfo` method and `syncAnnotScan` primitive. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files indicates that the embedded scripts are designed to execute malicious code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The attack pattern is consistent with exploiting PDF reader vulnerabilities to achieve arbitrary code execution.

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` `e5b5ab6f24e47b360028354b56982484e76f85d1871b62320ea43c8d69abc5cd`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5195 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` `7c570c8021ae2ca3b347f1be7114906c9800faf589ff9a8b4404b7bc0156ff08`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12384 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` `1a59100067641c86b5dcf126c18813a87b833afbd41d84114f41d7d9289295d5`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	79754 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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