PDF malware analysis — malicious · f80441512cb58796

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.8 KB

MD5: 1bd7a8525fb011b7eb1908ba836cf96f SHA-1: fbead10a78462706fca67bcbf29c41af990f1fec SHA-256: f80441512cb58796832d6516e5ee0312b9046b1ed71bb73fffc5791b076faf68

134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated and designed to act as a dropper. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659: Collab.collectEmailInfo' indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability to achieve code execution. The 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' heuristic further confirms the multi-stage nature of the payload, suggesting it downloads and executes additional malicious content. The presence of multiple deobfuscated JavaScript files indicates a complex, layered execution chain.

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)
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` `9d5c7e01faed5b04e9ec11f1d98b73f0012c871beaf60e9f9d32ad6df00d46f7`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	550 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `25d877fe84ff6efa862bcaf62c0dce8bf32264f9d4aa5e2639a4bf771cdabfa0`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x19F9	1771 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` `cdafba594ed37203f2267e10ad31c1ec2d06524b511733ce5f078ebd91201199`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x359	4906 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `d61453967d5ecdc7dc92d977b4dfb6d8b875071749773fce7fa4c485d736a5fa`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	20817 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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