PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9998f6b6ba17db11

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.4 KB

MD5: 9a658d50495457adddcda286ac3bd586 SHA-1: 3aaf8657b5178208108718e18af39f29e18e5364 SHA-256: 9998f6b6ba17db11f6a7d1e9204887c9eff9cd8550cb6d4a37f2b03e76ddc966

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The JavaScript is XOR-encoded and then deobfuscated, ultimately aiming to execute a second-stage payload. This is a common technique for delivering malware via PDF documents.

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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0049_000.js` `2d5f737b37569ef6ccbc7d7c160cb531b7a94ab0e8b3aa5633da653b3ed6ea74`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 49 at offset 0xA	79708 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` `000a9df8d8ad61a604a23653f7e52c30bd502e4f597c529427fdb2ab52f08e24`	deobfuscated-js	binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3F8	1336 bytes

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