PDF malware analysis — malicious · ab4086286deff117

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.2 KB

MD5: cc3722d9a473259637462c681cec4193 SHA-1: 4788a004f800b3935f62b6b484684cf617a85bb1 SHA-256: ab4086286deff1175e28375598ee42b001319ea97af2a8c9a9c8512a72168863

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. Heuristics indicate the use of CVE-2007-5659, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function, and ClamAV detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The extracted JavaScript files are large and complex, suggesting significant malicious activity.

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` `6eedae7812ed4014ef6223f5016fb9bd96a8e0e8b22c03d7f16ad67e074a01b2`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	11733 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` `645d5c7fc1028fcc9f712687762e6afc4fff317eb86d901695255e4d9eb2e100`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	4866 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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