PDF malware analysis — malicious · ade3194d68ad1b18

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: 633b94bd9aaa75c28b558aa8b3e689b8 SHA-1: 8c0f7ed015343493584d198ecb17828885f5e86f SHA-256: ade3194d68ad1b18e7fae2c24d1f0eda8aea79da87975993e0771ba825c81c25

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript triggered by an OpenAction, exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The JavaScript is obfuscated using fromCharCode and eval(), indicating an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload. The heuristics suggest a critical vulnerability exploit, leading to a high confidence in a malicious intent.

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` `e779771fb8c41f7487eb645793b96e17b627b41154e9240028151b71c80b0974`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7	13289 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` `387975f3dc4c230db517ec3d62a5e39e2b4e336034d8036b964b934f70517374`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x445	4032 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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