MALICIOUS
194
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious Link
T1071.001 Web Protocols
The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER heuristic confirms that the sample uses obfuscated JavaScript to download and execute further stages. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature. The deobfuscated JavaScript likely performs the payload download and execution.
Heuristics 6
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Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659PDF 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 static deobfuscation)
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35901 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35901
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JavaScript action low 2 related findings PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPERPDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 |
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javascript_obj0005_000.js4718a27c2224fc36bf24f8e8e04598f1ad78adce4401c7be2708318738a6983d |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148 | 469 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js2d4cb61254d8eb2d159526cfa2cda01d53c4777689782e84855f0a5c7d6a9bf3 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1925 | 11757 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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deobfuscated.js50bb2d04c056f30b927146cf0bab8c62b3446df7e2dc6eb39a52882acb50774c |
deobfuscated-js | PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass | 75598 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
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