PDF malware analysis — malicious · 7dadc3d4f30c7a63

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB

MD5: 7ecb57c65066a3b055d46f9015eb772d SHA-1: eb0597e0a2d8fae4993f18c6fd8f1f0afca0a9e4 SHA-256: 7dadc3d4f30c7a632ddbdede6fb57be4081d2bda107cf5b127d6a7bf554f67a8

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 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute malicious code. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely decodes to a payload. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905 further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a known PDF vulnerability to initiate a download or execution chain.

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` `02e25a45b2baada8172df808268b3650e79f4a7e3cd36ac69f206bc89adf0e41`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	11892 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` `27f5550a4e81451913c2cef09e2b3ab389024acca8705e11348671402da1ca6c`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5058 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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