MALICIOUS
78
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 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This JavaScript is designed to deobfuscate and execute further stages, indicated by the extracted files 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js'. These stages likely download and execute a second-stage payload, characteristic of a multi-stage attack.
Heuristics 4
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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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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.jsbedd676af9bf2e3ca07f9e3a10d07bc561e9745801f30653ef176c0c1e7620a3 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D | 336 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js2a63d273f2b90a0e8975680c83f66886b2a759d9b927958e329d200ab4e54988 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2EC | 12705 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.jsac6ac1430bad26b24f40aea57d3c3b12d67bbd4242a597386b258fe487a58de5 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2EC | 5309 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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