PDF malware analysis — malicious · ad6979df76165ae9

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: fd0478f670ed27c868256b0d544b5315 SHA-1: e956e90c2feccdde665de1bb52f2691f60397fed SHA-256: ad6979df76165ae9dc95b534f738b1b99f930bcc07eaef546f566127ba0ffc9f

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript triggered by the OpenAction, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF viewers. The 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic firing indicates the use of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute JavaScript. The JavaScript itself is obfuscated but appears to use `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode`, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. No specific family could be identified due to the generic nature of the exploit.

Heuristics 7

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)
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `a288c4b011044fb18f46166aa95328aaae7475b90ffb549f7813eaa12757b093`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7	13543 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`numeric_charcode_stage_000.js` `7115efaa474704e698d8b2178b4fb7beb319d0348a2d30956fe3c3a855ea979c`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x445	4044 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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