Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7eac7c75edbae15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB
MD5: 67035aecce6b546af9e4a16ac8f34d41 SHA-1: 4ba62c8aa0d637ac9596227864cb5aba2928f1f0 SHA-256: b7eac7c75edbae15e2a99d8eeace3ee72839b3d659a55c96745aa3dd82ce4bd9
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes a binary-XOR stager. This stager decodes further encoded strings and leverages the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method, which is associated with the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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)
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
  • String.fromCharCode medium PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0004_000.js
2be9e6a334a8d106dffd988975b42fc8b6bf7d6546e4fc140837f7fbffe8e848
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
9f2e93d9307bbfd4bba986d31eaac349e5fa7226a29722c25c7db7004b08045c
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).