PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8afcaeea326b94a4

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB

MD5: d99c81be48c19fa7dfd57f4d143b4a2e SHA-1: 12d0389626a2a550f85b67dba313be880e0e1109 SHA-256: 8afcaeea326b94a4c1d33f5a61021a4f725deee9a767b8b2d07c35c5d39c13d3

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic specifically points to the use of 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' to execute JavaScript, a known technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') further supports the execution of malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065' confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
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` `9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	431 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `5a68671c4fbf1d12fc3fa0e0dbba160a2a4c4ff88bd541a3b72694ed2f0de649`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315	12567 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `190950eeb5be0363d459a4d5a53df681ab0d205325e54712f92639489c9e53ea`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315	5198 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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