PDF malware analysis — malicious · 179d7a622c7c2823

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.1 KB Created: 2008-12-17 23:30:58 UTC

MD5: e73ed7df1948deca80e685cb53917d5b SHA-1: fe4425884832d7d55d2ce89ac27c0e556a8e7dfc SHA-256: 179d7a622c7c2823ac11ec9f30d17eb8ec7f83a8bfa2263d93af8883893c8572

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. The embedded JavaScript decodes and executes a payload, which includes a URL to download further malicious content. The script's primary function is to download and execute a second-stage payload from the embedded URL, indicating a downloader or dropper functionality.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 9

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)
PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL

Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://onlinepharmacy4you.org/65/load.php

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `d8fe5e5805fb58dd20828a05f443a252e6c56117030cb03beaee458638c018c3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xB5	12223 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`custom_b64_stage_000.js` `587e975def18f8179fbf0046c10a4acf0bf1139c784e8ef2ffb48cadfd84ec62`	deobfuscated-js	custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 3 (PDF /JS object 6) at offset 0xFC2	2769 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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