PDF malware analysis — malicious · d946799fc1c1cb91

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB

MD5: b5ab67aa8d9092b423be4af0bed45d01 SHA-1: 04a8b015e96ce19885e1dfd265581df9c503d96f SHA-256: d946799fc1c1cb917bdd31c91ce2bb9ebc0bfe8b6688ff1c7e6fea9daa325b79

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit technique involving JavaScript execution via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The extracted JavaScript files, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js, are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common tactic for PDF-based malware delivery. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Heuristics 5

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-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
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` `068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	373 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `93430cebcc2098658e16384981f40778e5be76a4e057081804695507b9d60942`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	12226 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `846f5306c8487a5abfa6d233b6a384942b7207fbfcec71c6056c2dd7df569599`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5	5028 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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