PDF malware analysis — malicious · ae05e28de95d0e11

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 0b8c59d53bdd02b4e3883534b60e2f7d SHA-1: fa848fe35dec2a7eab7c38c41cfe3f660fe44fb1 SHA-256: ae05e28de95d0e111dfa0374cc09aa40e0a18619549dd12422545063d9340200

226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is triggered by the OpenAction. Heuristics indicate the use of eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscated code execution. Specifically, the CVE-2007-5659 heuristic points to the use of Collab.collectEmailInfo, a known method for exploiting vulnerabilities in older PDF readers to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'numeric_charcode_stage_000.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-23120'.

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-23120 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-23120
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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_obj0013_001.js` `6b5a1ba17c054f4481e9b82133b3826176b56c366dab4d32225886bff18deec5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7	13099 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`numeric_charcode_stage_000.js` `3dbdb854262697de57d1fbcf9d0b5cfec6dfdad1372500ed936d3ca3044851a1`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x445	3972 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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