PDF malware analysis — malicious · 570d984ffdaea6c1

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB

MD5: 33d5c80848531992eca8552499b7abd3 SHA-1: 9fedba25608608b33ee05e0c9fff9cec6432dd3e SHA-256: 570d984ffdaea6c16e38dfd77611a5eec064e94f3711f4171a60cd701907f912

208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the 'collab.collectEmailInfo' method. This technique is commonly used to download and execute further malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The deobfuscated JavaScript streams are too large to analyze directly but their presence, combined with the specific CVE exploit, points to a sophisticated attack.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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` `d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	352 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` `514c2fa9df09cc20e7dce5de83f94f0fc73ec9983f811137cd62f81816fccfa7`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	12157 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `e5b99808598f51d00d1048c09bdfe1797a7122707e3172aeb783cd1698b705ed`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5092 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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