PDF malware analysis — malicious · e93fa44a5c9cd425

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: 5b0bf27c7696bc6ac5babd0bd3f74a66 SHA-1: 6d2d307c4d5aa51feb4a405f78eab77a2ab24d16 SHA-256: e93fa44a5c9cd425e5ee451f45a09012007c8f35d2ed9f5dc5c5609a7b4261a3

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF exploits a known vulnerability (CVE-2007-5659) using the `collab.collectEmailInfo` JavaScript function to execute a stager. This stager then decodes and executes a significantly larger JavaScript payload. The exact functionality of the final payload is obscured by heavy obfuscation, but the initial exploit and stager mechanism are clear. No specific family could be confidently identified due to the generic nature of the exploit and the obfuscated payload.

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 3

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` `d2fd5b1ec051bc1eab7f65891820f62f5810a0ad6e82a64f65a63b6c780b4b17`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5084 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `f61d5fb9a8f59e2c3eef55b893a7c3df77ce5d90f8ef0be0166a73d1cd3749b9`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	74506 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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