MALICIOUS
200
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.007 JavaScript
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and uses a stager technique involving percent-decoding and eval. Heuristics indicate exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) and the presence of JavaScript actions. The extracted JavaScript files suggest a multi-stage download and execution process, typical of exploit kits aiming to deliver a secondary payload.
Heuristics 7
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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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Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGEROpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
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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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PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILEDThe cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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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.js068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B | 373 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js80b41c5f436de65b462c6c226520ab93d7f3f29ebc9dc7c3c48f7a58e05ec72c |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 | 12242 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.jsc73f78e92f57a66c4af90bae9069b8e2353fa1a687ea2c5696993a40a5f066f4 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 | 5117 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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