Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 273f4fc1aab9607a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB
MD5: 19d9affc76092c120e3c0bf1ab430bbf SHA-1: 6eb738868c45c0a9241e053deca964cfe06ec38a SHA-256: 273f4fc1aab9607ac365f260fa9fe603f4737acf6be6dd5a46ffb4dcf0aac495
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, identified as a binary-XOR stager, which exploits CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This exploit stage is designed to decode and execute further malicious JavaScript, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload. The recovered JavaScript uses `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()` for obfuscation, typical of exploit delivery mechanisms.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0004_000.js
07c3d8f1dd854b715e7a9b058dd20153596c216b16de496c531f89fe9ead9bda
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0xC0 77434 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
15fd3aaa4b8bcd957e7d4dd3c6d0ba15018596f709b0920d4e67bd4b19093813
deobfuscated-js binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3D7 1267 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).