PDF malware analysis — malicious · 43e1ebeb32b87967

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB

MD5: 5ea1156bbdce73781cb07117a0decc9a SHA-1: 7e771d6ac68e85d55258552905a3eeab705a8ed9 SHA-256: 43e1ebeb32b87967b69ba1811850f817cbd58b65ab273041e4c4c6d844b74d37

146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 JavaScript T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The JavaScript is obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079' further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	578 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `eb6a535cc54032a4805e2389f837207ec57fc5cad3b4a7a13c94441693c67f58`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F	11883 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `c793e897e9865f9eedaad6cfb3c46ca3a67861a0435055a2d3afd0c6ad34e9e9`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F	4875 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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