Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4952dae9be24c82…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

13.1 KB
MD5: 1d6496364a13dbee5207e7a8850564c4 SHA-1: 4f8d1a7a6ab6c0588615111f28874e69ca07b9b9 SHA-256: d4952dae9be24c824a91cad85f25b8a366e79739fca7741237829d0b8f8b3c07
186 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 the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to exploit CVE-2007-5659 in Adobe Reader. The JavaScript is further obfuscated using binary-XOR encoding and String.fromCharCode, indicating a stager designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of ClamAV's Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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
304f14a6f6dad976f775d73143a5e8db54f0b13f369310472b9f70d617d198c5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 49 at offset 0xA 77692 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
39e53429b6b3e3df6fd8c935d36fe0ce42f48edd7bf9d0da942e733a30877bd6
deobfuscated-js binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3F8 1294 bytes