PDF malware analysis — malicious · ba4d5124df545292

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.5 KB

MD5: 5c441a5f34182e52666edd4e31370583 SHA-1: 82ac0579f72a0633a36d5dbc8dd9804f9013f6e1 SHA-256: ba4d5124df545292da6542b5b3379a5f762443544e299e8eb8bb5fe8f8383cdd

86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability via the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and likely serves as a downloader for further malicious stages, as indicated by the extracted JavaScript files. The primary attack vector is exploiting a known PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Heuristics 5

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)
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0004_000.js` `f048286b2dfe205330e162117bc9e2e9406092389e25aa91660890d79cb205b6`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0xC9	916 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` `7a590a04ea87350e84c3856974289b971d37449302c9c2940b4de6ef81f0d52b`	deobfuscated-js	z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2456	4919 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `79371305d462f00f2a141b476e1cf8fba05bdb49c15d53c9a49ff740e927b262`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2456	11601 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).

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