MALICIOUS
118
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.001 Malicious Link
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the 'eval()' function and 'unescape()' to deobfuscate and execute malicious code. The critical heuristic 'CVE_2007_5659' indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to trigger this JavaScript execution. The script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the deobfuscated JavaScript streams and the nature of the exploit.
Heuristics 5
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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 JavaScript deobfuscation)
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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JavaScript action low 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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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 6
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj111711_000.jsda18bd02718d3bd24aa6e9a15a9bc5014a6403d47e22e61bc84ab6b0c8488740 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x18E | 3624 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 5 long base64-like blob(s).
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javascript_obj111712_001.js8c9efda7323183e174ac91c089d320702a9ad26ae76d52e87fffe5e7b1fcaa38 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0xFEC | 18147 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 6 long base64-like blob(s).
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javascript_obj111713_002.jsb37935f93002de12d070f7703ce8c9f5d4ba8e3f28821ff696484a24cc0bf692 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x5705 | 1407 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 4 long base64-like blob(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js929a71eb7f9084257e5dd37b02e249e27fa6d266042c343ba2a29d1efe072548 |
deobfuscated-js | multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFEC | 1473 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js893b6a69a6b1f96ef94da875e2c6de5a6ab10d72b7676187c78f81073910b29c |
deobfuscated-js | multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x5705 | 80 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js6bb0fa018128f5f95a7ae35f3913d5e16e5bb6a3db011c3d05f63dd8b0849890 |
deobfuscated-js | multi-marker percent-array combined decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFEC | 1554 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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