PDF malware analysis — malicious · dcb63a2c7f965e9d

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB

MD5: ebeda63f7b39d1dbc93fa6975e33589f SHA-1: b48425543d65a6fcd83d5ce8d930341ef720c81c SHA-256: dcb63a2c7f965e9d369682a06fed4dd1334d2f3860cc79c133a5be2c0e7fdb36

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. Multiple JavaScript streams were extracted, indicating a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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` `d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B	352 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` `820933681b513cd36e90f1d748b8a739edb48d9c2ed1793c19781ca493b0cc6d`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	12055 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `3f0a820726f0f7cfdab9e838e268d00ae264507e2c0a1c9c447b1bf643d21a3f`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5075 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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