Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e0c427da2307609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB
MD5: 3253ca93baa35a67e1f44821f49195cf SHA-1: b097fe09033eaa0e99c234e2b5a8aa6c54077609 SHA-256: 7e0c427da23076092998833db9557f5dca41c0b59d25c8080624c13301edc93d
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated using binary XOR encoding. This script exploits CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of the CVE-2007-5659 exploit and the obfuscated JavaScript stager strongly indicate a malicious dropper designed to compromise the user's system.

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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276414-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276414-0
  • 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. (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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0049_000.js
684afe719e1b80379cb8ce6e555efb26d4f522fa13edec25304d0f6b13d1e622
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 49 at offset 0xA 77692 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 6 long base64-like blob(s).
binary_xor_stage_000.js
55444ec2f8d5d15aa2c4ea19727dc2d8337e9d773a0cd6a453f74d50abb16710
deobfuscated-js binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3F8 1294 bytes