MALICIOUS
148
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.001 Malicious Link
The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicating obfuscation. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 points to the exploitation of a known Adobe Reader vulnerability. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the obfuscated string concatenation and the use of eval(). The confidence is slightly reduced due to the lack of a specific family attribution.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 5
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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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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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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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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 6
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj111711_000.jsb781d050c39a60d6b33098cd25eab6029ab13d0e051849d55f29425fed46c215 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x18E | 3556 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 6 long base64-like blob(s).
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javascript_obj111712_001.jsf858862a3d49c38e8081ad41ff59326e1c82535310c4e20f481b0ff9c8c47c1a |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0xFA8 | 15124 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 5 long base64-like blob(s).
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javascript_obj111713_002.jscf5873b0f76bbd2147a5a67ef53f305fc2e3e5e11a0e069064163f313a3d4197 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x4AF2 | 1480 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 6 long base64-like blob(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js766baf6497f7a89f8007ccd745936d84f9f13c4ff40b4d68f329e679cfba61e4 |
deobfuscated-js | multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFA8 | 1474 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js893b6a69a6b1f96ef94da875e2c6de5a6ab10d72b7676187c78f81073910b29c |
deobfuscated-js | multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x4AF2 | 80 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js003aa64a768ff87996304299daae75b3b7cbaa76e4656695c388a98f40129ceb |
deobfuscated-js | multi-marker percent-array combined decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFA8 | 1555 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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