MALICIOUS
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' firing specifically points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability using JavaScript. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files ('legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js') suggests the script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.
Heuristics 5
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Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659PDF 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)
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36065
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 |
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javascript_obj0007_000.js9c67560e8c63b720885d3efc1627b844b86a6ec08e99e5b65a22eae832045756 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C | 431 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.jsda78058521535b96aaf98923157b1790b92504bfd8c04c9005084affaa1f4651 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 | 12312 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js51f047a5469744823daedde6cd13910d7bc1146105d7091245f94fa2f2d9a11b |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x315 | 5061 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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