PDF malware analysis — malicious · efb56e279b026300

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB

MD5: 742ce8ad264844c94cbb35a668e7d23a SHA-1: f8e4ccd7ace79a82bd57139dfb516647f078b674 SHA-256: efb56e279b026300052c31b889780781d5dfe40f384f2136bf135584ef6698b4

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and designed to act as a stager. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute this JavaScript. The JavaScript is recovered and deobfuscated, revealing its role in downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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` `d41764216ae7e708095f0bf4f820bc13eab31c1be6279cc271eb41a02645321b`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F	5101 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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