PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8c564799faa6943b

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB

MD5: f9de7a2e766685d152e8b64013dd4cac SHA-1: b8f89d7c3b853a67872e0afa937cfcea0ef812bc SHA-256: 8c564799faa6943beb1abb64a33d48420a83721789c18312be0549e8814610ca

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

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` `2d5cd66d30bfa3fa41edf1040e9e6ee7a881454c34a764a1aa57b8b5a331194d`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	11998 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` `44b31522f585fd8c442ce31bbfbc02a2047e1af810e51435f19c3ac2d1e990ef`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5052 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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