MALICIOUS
138
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.001 Malicious Link
The critical heuristic CVE_2007_5659 indicates the exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader via embedded JavaScript. 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. The PDF launcher concatenates info fields and evals the result, which is a common technique for initial exploitation.
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.Exploit.Agent-36064 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36064
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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.jsa5c8f0f722df4dd9876a0087e1eee65bd3020c5995f94f6729f7e17f3f3677a0 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D | 331 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.jsf28aa134f45365537af85b6508dd10aa5ac4294111eeabbe7f65dc3087539158 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 | 12056 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.jsca953fd0b911b1a07488dff8c55d1656ad0ac18353096aa000162e227517539e |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F2 | 5024 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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