PDF malware analysis — malicious · b507befd67f9daac

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: 2ff820cdaaa0c66823dd20dab037f4c9 SHA-1: 4291f7acd253e73198a63a68a52eddb8b1975f23 SHA-256: b507befd67f9daac0ab7578a798e6b426ff782dcc0934269b6861d4e577b1d4f

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is triggered by the OpenAction. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of Collab.collectEmailInfo, a known method for exploiting vulnerabilities in older PDF readers. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated using eval() and String.fromCharCode, and further deobfuscated into numeric_charcode_stage_000.js. This script is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique 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)
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` `ec65d731ffdbc242d6664c668c0ce935095b8b0ef6252217f6b08a6a0550acb8`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7	13327 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` `612d8aa7a24eb31dc7fa5475acd8a16098f4a14d0d41f59e15d125e1d658b3d3`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x445	4044 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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