PDF malware analysis — malicious · aae976ad28d3cccb

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB

MD5: 0990cf62a0aadac999f09e6911a5af08 SHA-1: 0e11d8940204ea87c3f36c03e00e1ed0bdeb1150 SHA-256: aae976ad28d3cccb8944647b6c5a171b6b3473480584ab4aaf2890f7a829c3cf

86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The heuristic analysis indicates that this JavaScript is used to download and execute a second-stage payload. Multiple JavaScript files were extracted, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The obfuscation and use of legacy exploit techniques point to a downloader or dropper functionality.

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)
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded 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_obj0005_000.js` `f048286b2dfe205330e162117bc9e2e9406092389e25aa91660890d79cb205b6`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x10E	916 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` `7a590a04ea87350e84c3856974289b971d37449302c9c2940b4de6ef81f0d52b`	deobfuscated-js	z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3CE	4919 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` `79371305d462f00f2a141b476e1cf8fba05bdb49c15d53c9a49ff740e927b262`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3CE	11601 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).

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