PDF malware analysis — malicious · a5b6429f57b43210

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB

MD5: e7da7e588e9cf3292c2ab7e91c36af51 SHA-1: 1ee9bacf3001f8d0e5d6e36ef25dd3459e186a3b SHA-256: a5b6429f57b432109fba180eec348ca7be0745065690b3debf75a7bfa8c7a8c6

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates a known exploit targeting Adobe Reader, which likely uses the embedded JavaScript to achieve code execution. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are suspicious and suggest a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file. The overall pattern suggests a downloader or dropper designed to exploit a PDF vulnerability.

Heuristics 5

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
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` `068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	373 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `f11f4de56fc9411eb89347e0deacea3e07d4734744851cd9abff20d9659ccec6`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	12464 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `1752c2f1c635208ee0dce62d909b734623f38e2dc00bdf92fd4df8467be52dbe`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	5225 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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