PDF malware analysis — malicious · e4ac4e40f5205ef5

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.2 KB

MD5: 72e8127a42ec840d503eaeb8419bf9d9 SHA-1: 1d66bd488f8eb8293c8223709cebb481050c7c18 SHA-256: e4ac4e40f5205ef5e34a13ae7acaa7a3d1eb2460a485b13851240983272b50e2

264 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and exploits CVE-2007-5659, indicated by the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' heuristic. The 'PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER' and 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristics suggest that the JavaScript is obfuscated and acts as a stager. This stager likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as is common in PDF-based exploits.

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)
U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED

PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
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.
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
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)

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 0x1A4	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `55399c2de63da7f6932755446f70fef0aee4a736bf20dbafb90423aafafa0aad`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x151	5154 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `a2d103e159a32a1c50cead72f37c17fd5c3bf81cc219647fb8f9eee7d0ae4815`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	262414 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`u3d_00_off00003032.bin` `db166b7bf539ceb527a321927dc7262838bbe91b146a4aa26884d46ee5696f20`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x3032	27443 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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