PDF malware analysis — malicious · f7dd7c63147a1fac

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.1 KB

MD5: 97af3088f16494456c15c09e5ae9ecf4 SHA-1: dc72711b34718ead6ad6ca8d5416dbe92c3e60e2 SHA-256: f7dd7c63147a1fac1121125d5087d458e642056ef3f601982c5343a66a5ee23e

194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified as a multi-stage dropper. It leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to execute a decoded payload. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7325526-0' strongly indicate its malicious nature as a downloader for additional malware. The obfuscation and multi-stage nature suggest a sophisticated attack designed to evade detection.

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7325526-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7325526-0
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `ab3f4be7a3e2e879e844dcace56ca59cf8fe7249dc5a05c90896f0c9e7dd732a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	559 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `9e8130f0fa9b668e1bccb1cd67b55d4deabf26b6c2279d95243e6dc787e0c3f8`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1AE7	1870 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `f1e098d168eb908f19ba9353f4e3025648fdf42aa9f13b4d8b3044035db1a804`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x374	4937 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `00898cdefc5d715b3b2c28605345922aefe469bd9cf62277e3b845694c26bde3`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	19473 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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