PDF malware analysis — malicious · b534228b9a6c5fd3

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB

MD5: 03121e8e76c7096a2d937e38589dd325 SHA-1: 3e6cc9eff73374ba1f0b5083649729c20dd327c5 SHA-256: b534228b9a6c5fd39448450da93d3b15a943fa07acdabb0c36a049719a411b89

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic related to CVE-2007-5659, specifically using the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This indicates an attempt to exploit a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader to execute arbitrary code. The presence of U3D content and multiple JavaScript streams further supports the exploitation vector. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079' confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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)
U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED

PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A3	578 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` `3d2a4853eee9b34ce2c548f9c6c0912805fb46b1097ce1d5c95ceb761f7360ba`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x376	12932 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `f9b1ccf74bdc40ec454d9e5e71f1dd8eadd69a16205b52dab4eb947dfad1d267`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x376	5398 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`u3d_00_off000031c3.bin` `465a9ef2d7da9436c142e29187349231e2de659c91c01a0656972cbc09b7577c`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x31C3	27397 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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