PDF malware analysis — malicious · edcefe28039bf93a

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 522f2768bd0018481a6e647363bd89ef SHA-1: 5dbf5d384d45b6f690e2babc4fa2fcec48d32e48 SHA-256: edcefe28039bf93a169723f7a8b83f815138354fefc832b54e25e82c1f67bb95

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Scripting: JavaScript T1204.001 Malicious Execution: Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript/Shell Scripting: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is triggered by the OpenAction. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic indicates the use of Collab.collectEmailInfo, which is a known method for executing arbitrary code. The JavaScript is obfuscated using String.fromCharCode and eval(), suggesting it's designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The file's purpose is to exploit this vulnerability to achieve code execution.

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)
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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_obj0013_001.js` `9d59dea91a26e2c98707d40953fc256d7937922ed01d2fe11ccd3d7feabc9df5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7	13543 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`numeric_charcode_stage_000.js` `455d56038ef5f86b11869fb3750c25481675fde021c9ea16f68e29a97711e725`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x445	4044 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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