PDF malware analysis — malicious · c672fca4d5dc9c7f

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.2 KB

MD5: 56634065660a73c41cc470ac2a1b914f SHA-1: 989003757dd50850670c505db4ce946efaa07f50 SHA-256: c672fca4d5dc9c7fe13cef52d6a99d96cb74682f3e806350889865ad580c38fb

216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes the `Collab.collectEmailInfo` method to exploit CVE-2007-5659 in Adobe Reader. The JavaScript is further obfuscated using binary-XOR encoding and `String.fromCharCode`. The primary goal appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as indicated by the stager heuristic. No specific family could be identified, but the exploit and stager mechanism are clear.

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.
String.fromCharCode medium PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically (matched inside decoded stream)
Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0049_000.js` `b56cb10bbb1992f24250360f2629919401a25ab7879367425ebdc4128626cbd2`	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` `df4392da5ae75b6a53ee5813cb8c1a374e11da6cfd2c80dec2252b2f535f3c94`	deobfuscated-js	binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3F8	1312 bytes

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