PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9d764e1240ed2425

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB

MD5: 8be371921c9af1fab679a985807bac71 SHA-1: fad84c41c8998d3581d4bdf1c52a5c36d3bc73c2 SHA-256: 9d764e1240ed24250689c6b588ad76e56f87273f843dae2ac8a56c2a5e428fb8

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link or Macro: User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link or Macro: User Execution: Malicious Macro

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

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` `8a39126edda0e308d8ced2d1e0a1b9c5d8cbe0f37faef0d9f35f9b41f2bfcc52`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	12323 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` `9cf8ee6e4c2b67fa37fccf77ece8a758f834ace4e0d9ee5e02dc2613b4e36475`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5188 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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