MALICIOUS
200
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.001 Malicious Link
This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and utilizes the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute a stager. The stager is designed to deobfuscate and execute further JavaScript code, as indicated by the presence of 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. The primary intent appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, typical of a downloader or initial access exploit.
Heuristics 7
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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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Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGEROpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
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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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PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILEDThe cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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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 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0007_000.js9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C | 431 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.jsc54c6128d8a3de3b4cad31b8de294b22aec2c815d5b124e3ef7e8768786d2609 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 | 11928 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.jsa2f555d8317c7494a677b8c56c126c3c2a9a21763bc97c6df3b3a95b74aa407f |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 | 4894 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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