PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3ab07399952b9a3e

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB

MD5: 01982a544edf67dc3436666dc2f0756e SHA-1: 84271336e7cb8bf966e87f6a2b7ece9fefe5e72e SHA-256: 3ab07399952b9a3ec018e1bf9136f112409202b21c4978905848bb978ec297d1

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, specifically triggering the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is further deobfuscated into two files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js. The primary function of this script appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the heuristic firings and the nature of the embedded scripts. The file is classified as malicious by ClamAV.

Heuristics 5

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.Exploit.Agent-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
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.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	373 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `ea24cc5d564014618edc96c23a21fa082b93e09551f5c364742b4d2a69fa9fd6`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	12307 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `2134c661906979dfd12920906e21478df00cc1526be8df08a09806481cb7ef30`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	5063 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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