PDF malware analysis — malicious · f846b9b9790ae9af

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB

MD5: ae07abfdfed4b0cb839b4c0282fee49d SHA-1: dcef6aee7f0a3c2ec64051986ead58c47ffeeeb9 SHA-256: f846b9b9790ae9af0928aef2cfeba89d960ef0ad6bf7360a45742f02c3e6a05f

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 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute arbitrary code. The heuristic firings indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and streams, with specific detection of the CVE-2007-5659 exploit. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The script's likely intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the exploit mechanism.

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` `973427c3ce548f8020aaae56f801d9f7b9550616359f24f069f80c51258d6fbc`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	12042 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` `fb217b5277c40d9fbe6cc344428c365d824b2320e7ef720b0eb1ac4b620f4078`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FE	5044 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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