PDF / .PHP malware analysis — malicious · 1a745d94eaa69b30

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

76.2 KB

MD5: c9e134cf14f5a21e472263a0ed7a7f5c SHA-1: 08011ffac886549c21c4832b74733ae99b029101 SHA-256: 1a745d94eaa69b3041136f7e14edd295b37a02bc6b3d7e4d7f5512673bfdcf96

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes binary XOR operations and string manipulation, including `String.fromCharCode`, to decode and execute a second-stage payload. The critical heuristic `CVE_2007_5659` specifically identifies the use of `Collab.collectEmailInfo` to exploit this vulnerability. The recovered JavaScript stager is designed to download and execute further malicious content.

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)
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
Binary-XOR JavaScript stager high PDF_BINARY_XOR_JS_STAGER

PDF JavaScript stores viewer-version payload branches as long binary digit strings, XORs each bit pair, converts 8-bit chunks with String.fromCharCode, and evals the recovered exploit stage.
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.
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_obj0004_000.js` `94393666f2c29f4902044b528a2ccae14e47ccadfa9aa42d82730cee7ed7cb5e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0xC0	77722 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 6 long base64-like blob(s).
`binary_xor_stage_000.js` `9f2e93d9307bbfd4bba986d31eaac349e5fa7226a29722c25c7db7004b08045c`	deobfuscated-js	binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3D7	1273 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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