PDF malware analysis — malicious · dd0a62ea46902d46

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB

MD5: 7eccb9d868e6e034b1649ecdb698e8a5 SHA-1: f0c71598bd5d973bf55a18c0da69c95dfd8607a7 SHA-256: dd0a62ea46902d46f807462490ceac41fc1390c4802f233606eebe30cf8fdf31

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659 using the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but is designed to execute a secondary payload. The presence of this exploit and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute further malware.

Heuristics 6

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-36179 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36179
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.
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `e89d7054d228dd0d7d4de9a02d1607a443ba297f326673115b5825c1b6cb184a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	823 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `bd4c2d369ee8d8ff31b456a9ed32ff548be243bb00c1629d63a67139d9c3eda7`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5048 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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