Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe6a365858ea0b0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.2 KB
MD5: 63eb2d7dbfcdafc2fe7aef84848202fd SHA-1: bce6743071acfdb9cdf04c661d2cf07a0fa21dc6 SHA-256: fe6a365858ea0b0dea681bb4bb98c03e56a053e66e358a77383b7fbc7dae6dab
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated using binary-XOR encoding. This script is designed to exploit CVE-2007-5659 in Adobe Reader, leading to the execution of a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection confirms 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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-16543 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-16543
  • 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
3bc285dcbebfc17e7270c782e5618ee9154738c480549df873ab20d41dee832f
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