PDF malware analysis — malicious · e8417a9f36dc7353

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 6b1e67bec6a92e42795db70e36345dec SHA-1: ec55f4669a163ba5ae23739d003a14e5d1d9454d SHA-256: e8417a9f36dc73537b94132403cb2bfc67b01e28b9631cb64e473c7672c8c1ae

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript triggered by an OpenAction, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities. The critical heuristic firing indicates the use of CVE-2007-5659, specifically the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, which is known to be used for arbitrary JavaScript execution. The JavaScript is obfuscated using numeric character codes and eval(), suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The file's metadata indicates it was authored by Scribus, but this is likely a decoy.

Heuristics 7

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)
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `70f5fa2af66719ffe9977429ec9ecbe692ed0f63bfbb8dc92bb1a05ba764a31f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7	13505 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`numeric_charcode_stage_000.js` `ec575ac75e9f959d4e503e9ab4e4fa99733b948460f2a847e3851115e662ed21`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x445	4032 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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