PDF malware analysis — malicious · d89d47fff2174088

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.8 KB

MD5: eba0c9ebdcff38c958ef8ed178b7fc72 SHA-1: 1658cb0a2cec5275135eee5b594c72c7a3855217 SHA-256: d89d47fff2174088ce40dae81810da97f63180aad8344692de871a596ee5f744

194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' and 'CVE_2007_5659'. The JavaScript is designed to be decoded and executed, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The presence of ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature. The specific exploit used is CVE-2007-5659.

Heuristics 8

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-35916 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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_obj0005_000.js` `6c41320119e160dc719997b9a2efb3600ea9d7e9d7e44b4dc2125762dc9f365f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	505 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `c31b2895a00aa0893c261d198f20db34c7f0f67693c6fddf296bc14b7253a22b`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1A0F	1769 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `ce87b65f62d43ba6c07fc53c7759dc8364bd33f2ca8ea5c45d84d1be226b0b1d`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x352	4844 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `e3679d3eeeda0643e96ba3b60e838dbe18c0b97af490b5e942d4622f94ce3d69`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	24100 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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