PDF malware analysis — malicious · 1ea3c4703871477d

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB

MD5: c6bc2ad80ae3efeccb335a1ba845b1ed SHA-1: fa75e45d04f5d948e7be7dffc42e51681e45a5da SHA-256: 1ea3c4703871477d9562b91f660c41a6af9ab7cfbb25dfc41d75518eb5422b7e

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Scripting: JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious JavaScript T1071.001 Web Protocols: HTTP/HTTPS

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicative of obfuscation. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic firing confirms the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) within Adobe Reader. This JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript artifacts. The primary attack vector is likely user interaction with the malicious PDF.

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)
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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_obj111611_000.js` `e7d1232c16a6e584ebcad6ed89ed39659361935894de0b1df6aee2e4fe16ce04`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x848	478 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `415cce1228f2f812d4d167919d66cea82675e743ccecad4f38fbb083c87d7a32`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189	2634 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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