PDF malware analysis — malicious · cb30f924c4665dbc

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB

MD5: f778986fc5ac38765595bafd41c6e6b4 SHA-1: 26b9284dfc6ca8fc45a43be394751d2771387e18 SHA-256: cb30f924c4665dbc70f7dac434b550ead669e92a20b9bef1a7c995fee48094c0

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is obfuscated and likely decodes to malicious code. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is responsible for the malicious execution, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
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.
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` `d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	352 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` `bb6352578d9e1b39dc1494e5e95bc3b73b50c43ee415564312fb5969fa19cb4c`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	11972 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).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `546dc523e47171b8abd23cc86b3667ef84283a120ebf587189b5566f326d4f27`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	4948 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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