Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 942b642f8045485e…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

76.2 KB
MD5: d75ad3086cadf5f4735a3f9b25f43bf0 SHA-1: 06d163e241720f71ed9bd475c679d0f06550ee15 SHA-256: 942b642f8045485ea60f9a8aade7b810ed28905c33c18a3514037cd1abfbea5d
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes a binary XOR stager. Critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2007-5659 through the `Collab.collectEmailInfo` method. The JavaScript is designed to decode and execute a second-stage payload, likely for further system compromise. The presence of `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` further supports the malicious intent of executing arbitrary code.

Heuristics 8

  • 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.Exploit.Agent-14073 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14073
  • 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
828268fa13edb0bee070c2899a31d741e72ef738c6a9ef7c6525790a1d8e5518
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
1551bcad664ebc238494d26c9cae5bfe9071cd2c66cb998fcf9faec5ae30a211
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).