PDF malware analysis — malicious · c257cfa0c2d687a9

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.2 KB

MD5: 28c269bf6b84a01c2f37231d8478cc67 SHA-1: e68792cba0d43a5b787edf15c80278afb7285dce SHA-256: c257cfa0c2d687a9221e20bca9af2684ccf0c2faa05647ae273c4e01bfe8c4fc

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute a second-stage payload. The JavaScript is further obfuscated using binary-XOR encoding, indicating a deliberate attempt to evade detection. The primary goal appears to be the exploitation of Adobe Reader to deliver and execute arbitrary code.

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` `f9eb82b0c1dfcad4eefc40c6b86e7b50a203e5d2bdc67f7d1fa5c01265c12303`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 49 at offset 0xA	78556 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` `4fd1de754d5cbfb13325d7f641b85a861dd4e60a490ccd6733c27a708ccefc92`	deobfuscated-js	binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3F8	1312 bytes

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