PDF malware analysis — malicious · a02edd380bb38867

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB

MD5: 38ed9fab697156e799c5ccde14f049e1 SHA-1: 279bb06d614095e42b2a999422390a395866bb7b SHA-256: a02edd380bb3886742e6f61fbcbab0116dc1c75776914cf32485f5d7838ff904

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) to execute malicious code. The heuristics indicate the use of unescape() and a specific exploit targeting Adobe Reader. The extracted JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', are large and complex, suggesting they are responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' further confirms 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` `f7d8040e7d0572e6eeeee2bdf43952773cdb5a54057ff6e60c9758390e625baa`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	12221 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` `9affdd655843937c3a443fab01be33a62009be25d960918f96748c7380d426bc`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5150 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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