PDF malware analysis — malicious · af71a817d3411298

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB

MD5: e93ef29c3943632e23a8ae763359685c SHA-1: 5496449ca0eaf51b2d00584f87f90289ec920234 SHA-256: af71a817d3411298ac4465acbb0d26838217ce1836a01439c0587793b4152582

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method, a known indicator for the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The JavaScript is further obfuscated using binary-XOR encoding, typical of stagers designed to download and execute additional malicious content. The presence of 'PDF_BINARY_XOR_JS_STAGER' and 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristics confirms this exploit vector. No specific family could be identified, but the technique is common for initial access.

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` `45ea46ffbe887828fb26bb44e6700e82062873a0efebe96853347116b81a60a9`	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` `fc588205836cc70840a6be0de5822023661ff3089e15ac6d3942da47dcff2012`	deobfuscated-js	binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3F8	1294 bytes

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