PDF malware analysis — malicious · daed7f2332b0436f

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB

MD5: 8a02adcda098449c6075588f43eb98bb SHA-1: 18c14452f18e40c6ab2aec132b32c2194c281baf SHA-256: daed7f2332b0436f1a4c9aa3d86153f40fa48140f06f185735b506feaf8193db

146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple obfuscated JavaScript streams and the specific CVE exploit indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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-36079 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36079
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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` `ef8bdac794684ae9cd4eb7091d80e1c5ca478c06c639d72d01626c1f7ce78b6d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C	578 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` `506e63b1c87f83ea92a0fd745cfd8e4f7025bfa4b3f4867a55acdd5f2579eb90`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F	12177 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `3afbc533a0cd2f2ab810e144350087282fb5192cc7ebff7575d393fbc39881e9`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x36F	5018 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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