PDF malware analysis — malicious · a711e8759b36ffda

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: 14a522ca75830f3adba3c13fae4733f0 SHA-1: 67e2528d2100dd4dc24447cbce2ec92c54be3b58 SHA-256: a711e8759b36ffdaa2a6e6c4bbbdc3977790f1803b1338fa8cdc2ff6afe65a28

146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by heuristics as exploiting CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript is further deobfuscated into two stages, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js. This suggests the primary function of the PDF is to act as a dropper, leveraging the exploit to download and execute additional malicious content. The ClamAV detection 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-35903 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903
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.
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
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` `860eae5f96eb426380281c575a089242b50523bbb4bbb8dd765e582cd9c07d2e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	294 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `c21142f0381b9315f567c78f8a03dfdaa4e1fe922abace781fb0adf5dd435532`	deobfuscated-js	z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8	5058 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `5f7ea5a5c8bd1f732901b18bc967fdd0b4611c0db18d79c7518c8b382031686e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8	12138 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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