PDF malware analysis — malicious · 43f50bf71f975b1d

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB

MD5: a9a6e8a0ab20511743e4596800cdba29 SHA-1: 81002a50cb1e941d71c9d43d6ef3a324c8fe819e SHA-256: 43f50bf71f975b1d7a007947032f7da0f881a5c2a929165251cdd971ec4dc42f

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062). Heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 via the `Collab.collectEmailInfo` JavaScript method, which is used to construct and evaluate JavaScript code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files (`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js`, `legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js`) suggests a multi-stage exploit designed to download and execute further payloads.

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` `6c75366d1a63b6001ca78538479d977c7497612059e5fc157ffa25fbf81901ce`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	11802 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `9c129f48b9bde6939d3335de896dbc91031f8cd4026363dc1e3eeaadb27a98e9`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	4852 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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