PDF malware analysis — malicious · e71a9aae53963e65

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: 41bf58c90ea041cfe0035ecd7fead509 SHA-1: 47b37673777584ee938380fd71756249b09b3047 SHA-256: e71a9aae53963e6535239fd063f8bd67793a7b9984e90bb6361c2c6dcccb1e7e

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but is identified as a stager. The primary function appears to be decoding and executing further malicious code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The presence of ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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-36180 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36180
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` `17e11d5c0e7abf0d400044cf4333a75f193b35e2745d65fea155eb4de3ce3aa6`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6	628 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `9f921445e9404014f8049d49e50a2b39f6ca2fd97e128366355f1d90b3d77f8f`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5271 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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