PDF malware analysis — malicious · edf976115f061f57

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.9 KB

MD5: d7767ba12cd1043094fbc3f8c3da9f38 SHA-1: 788d8bf8463a0dd3b0eb8813645179d18d1a1fbf SHA-256: edf976115f061f57ae3bcf10cb19318c569b6da397c377ef7da3d7dba6851c0e

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability, specifically using the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method. This technique is commonly used to bypass PDF security features and execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' further confirms its malicious nature.

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` `e960936546bcce7ad698785612aaf4ee3249c2a3d1ed0b5817fc8bc26939e79e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	11640 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` `f24ecda2afc1272f8ab4396c1a0f1f14b3377f27b1ab9ef11fdbd647323bfff4`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	4881 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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