Malware Insights
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability to execute this JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7309742-0'. The document body is unreadable, but the technical indicators strongly suggest a dropper functionality.
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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ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7309742-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7309742-0
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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 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0007_000.js1847af0a099665b6ac45af66402e56ed64237a1b287618ee3d6643267fda6f35 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D | 343 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js502a95784d4d1314fa12485105d7d90e2ff8a8141274981fd4f69a95c15258cd |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 | 12332 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js10c9f83ce50d4070c27a274e861ad03e94b91912be4b2166cec0add2551fece3 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F0 | 5089 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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