PDF malware analysis — malicious · d438a909417ca36b

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: e808c9991fda731d921b6f3dd118d225 SHA-1: 42e852ef4c3c6a1d2f6650575bb05fb5077e193b SHA-256: d438a909417ca36bf55c6078cfa3d2f49615e408ce937934fe22c7085b4fb7db

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript acts as a stager, decoding and executing further malicious code. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting a PDF reader vulnerability 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` `0091854694a4bcc491793e6e8348d56b9a83eb90039b0b135e6cf9a04c2f1799`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5146 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` `6ed87fd73e0ac7e25c21b368a7d77800ac6066d08e2cee4ca0565ecb50f0ea00`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12083 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` `818e2ecdab1cf663ef059f2e6fdfa9552c24daf4ad7cec7d0d60aea36f31e7e4`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	71836 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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