PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9dc18f18aef97d79

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.0 KB

MD5: 9fb9367785a523812eaba632bc71fd4e SHA-1: f9d651e082f341fb0950a303c04e5bd8e67185b8 SHA-256: 9dc18f18aef97d79a2893649276d9d46fc3d760d62f28c079eeec24623b60019

178 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). The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics indicate it is designed to decode and execute further code. This is a common technique for dropping secondary payloads. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' further supports the malicious nature of the 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` `3a35817a0fca83661aa690cde1d4cc6722aa3eab12e6e833a010d371f0885b78`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	11666 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` `d7891e74fca190ab63853db0a898563f9922734a9c8ee86a38aa6b48282bad45`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	4803 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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