Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6f103c835e45fef…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

13.2 KB
MD5: 9d9aa89b5d2ed3317332e18fab21bb50 SHA-1: cbdc3e8f0e44d71cfb845b65a7f0ea0b962a36b3 SHA-256: c6f103c835e45fef2bafa1b053991ba80307e14fd28a5575e412206ee5ddb429
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. The JavaScript uses binary-XOR encoding and String.fromCharCode to deobfuscate and execute the exploit. The primary function of the script is to leverage the 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' method to trigger the exploit, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary 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)
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0049_000.js
1b072572e519a62c1100878fe02785daef109ee28593de8b8c99f1bc2a0321ee
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