MALICIOUS
146
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.001 Malicious Link
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The heuristic indicates that this JavaScript is responsible for decoding and executing a second-stage payload, likely downloaded from a remote source. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js' further supports this. The overall attack pattern is a classic exploit delivery mechanism for PDF files.
Heuristics 6
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Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659PDF 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)
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCANPDF 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)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0007_000.js860eae5f96eb426380281c575a089242b50523bbb4bbb8dd765e582cd9c07d2e |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D | 294 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.jsf980bd3be00e34a8b5c96167d4b0320e882b6fb2b499438f0809f206e3c15755 |
deobfuscated-js | z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 | 5160 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js49e70f11a771dfef1478025279212e92d21e43d599cae3179a5287fc6e27198e |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8 | 12292 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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