PDF malware analysis — malicious · fe16e70afcf73d87

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB

MD5: 149668c5b444fe512f8d294057073510 SHA-1: 0189ae0eb93b362191688f985f9384aa317f77b3 SHA-256: fe16e70afcf73d878d8c8f5177eb279f1a6ed9b0adf4d830513021d2fdcbf839

126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/Scripting T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Script

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically identified as a stager exploiting CVE-2007-5659 using the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The critical heuristic firing indicates that the PDF launcher uses a hex decoder on an annotation subject payload before evaluation. This suggests the script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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)
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.
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)
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` `c860bd3a1b8438b37e98a599719a1868ae540624631f091272ffef48912644f4`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	579 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `927a6152b3bf9cd1b227d7f7f13b181d32a00e234ceff6d25ecae3af9a44aaca`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5215 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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