PDF malware analysis — malicious · f7d6460c5ce659dc

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.9 KB

MD5: 3a907fbb1bcd85769b84b7ce01bd2d63 SHA-1: e8926aac8e01821d28ef5da1d366855b1f224686 SHA-256: f7d6460c5ce659dc5104d30ebde81642e06dfa9b702d5c84ec808aad0dca5fc6

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and utilizes the unescape() function, indicating malicious intent. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 points to a known exploit targeting PDF viewers. The extracted JavaScript streams, particularly the deobfuscated ones, likely contain code to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious classification.

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` `989bf2e51a3fbc30a0e1d4240e5f22137aeac47451d7cfa7266898fa362cd39b`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	12755 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` `92cdcf1b5db0b5d76ca898764bac46fcac0e19860f14f578bc0c2e53fdec3960`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5380 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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