PDF malware analysis — malicious · 5a879df3c79d2b00

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB

MD5: 46952798771dcb91d18328cdd5d52be4 SHA-1: bb2b2e57cf923edb32889608e96537140b8fee99 SHA-256: 5a879df3c79d2b00c910a462f350a8da15a8e3451ff16f25f920bd6f0c44797d

316 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute arbitrary code. The JavaScript is further obfuscated using binary-XOR encoding, indicating a deliberate attempt to hide its malicious functionality. The primary goal appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'binary-XOR JavaScript stager' heuristic.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.
ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7263353-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7263353-0
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0004_000.js` `fca78502fd0bfe37093547b7b094a92414cd41fb2849463e06261d8cff84d185`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0xC0	75706 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).
`javascript_obj0004_001.js` `06016ac422e8249bf2eb1b0c5bd40950cac87fddd56fecac6417176e51e40dae`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0xE3	75817 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` `e3befa633cdc2e029834535f47d1027ce5aa7702bda18252600be2b2ae76328e`	deobfuscated-js	binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3D7	1231 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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