PDF malware analysis — malicious · ad8deee72d42daa4

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB

MD5: e35ac55393190726369c12b6d06ace09 SHA-1: 8fe29a26bae26b6ef907cdf395b3085f7a55196a SHA-256: ad8deee72d42daa4da37210d0d9bb5a304f295c2e91fc11e714f38b8ce4954a0

226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes `eval()` and `unescape()` functions, indicative of obfuscation and potential exploit execution. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' specifically points to the use of `Collab.collectEmailInfo` for launching JavaScript, which is a known vector for PDF exploits. The extracted JavaScript files, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', likely contain the malicious payload. The overall intent appears to be the exploitation of a PDF reader vulnerability to run arbitrary code.

Heuristics 8

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-36082 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
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_obj111611_000.js` `772da696bdb365f3f1eb4ea6af881baad391be62f3591b19f2f9827fcc4c9b53`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0xA8E	479 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `7a6e35c1e5a446309a107cbde83509953efc3a15167caebdd7b5ad4d75c39c5a`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189	3914 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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