PDF malware analysis — malicious · fed4f11fecc3d0e0

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.0 KB

MD5: 190049e3f8017d039c6ba4416e1504a5 SHA-1: ea83a0037dacf1476f7175f1e255e45746867412 SHA-256: fed4f11fecc3d0e0ade92d370d109d6000187b5761a567a3a47894c1dcf7fd31

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated using binary-XOR encoding. This script is designed to exploit CVE-2007-5659, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. The exploit stage is recovered by XORing binary digit strings and then evaluated. This indicates the document's primary purpose is to deliver a malicious payload via a known PDF vulnerability.

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.Dropper.Agent-7329021-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7329021-0
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0049_000.js` `c71f67796ab8558de396100ac5be1035759ead1ba2293e1c610ef7324f9288af`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 49 at offset 0xA	77116 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` `16c05682a41ee00231b49b0cdcf9b74b36c09e49dcd8049eab28f2ef78598e84`	deobfuscated-js	binary-XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3F8	1282 bytes

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