PDF malware analysis — malicious · bf17547d77a19d5c

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB

MD5: 8a270f4260780f3621842c36498f4177 SHA-1: 7115a4cb8461639b64c374436a9adbe5d0e51318 SHA-256: bf17547d77a19d5c696bd6c85fd979bd04470379b6b84746eabbfc0095c1287a

146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659: Collab.collectEmailInfo' indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (CVE-2007-5659) to execute JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams and deobfuscated files suggest the script's purpose is to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079'.

Heuristics 6

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-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 3

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 0x19C	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` `5800c88042305bd04a68ce7cf568906edafb9fe33d575ae97c7fab457dfd4942`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F	12302 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `d794bc9bd7175bc5835d23ae9350a11d7b5f2eba27f67567d82722ce8e463832`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F	5085 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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