Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16a6142756739069…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2008-08-06 01:42:27 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 0784dbeac1afc1bd6cfd6c7b2483a63c SHA-1: 68e8a3414fa289d34b3c79af93aabbf0c1d64888 SHA-256: 16a6142756739069e94b88bdf0c6e7fce0fd5f84204ac786c84309b27d866614
370 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the Collab.collectEmailInfo method to exploit CVE-2007-5659. This script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the URL http://bhatiatravels.com/imgpost/load.php?id=1344405724&spl=4. The presence of shellcode download URL indicators and critical heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://bhatiatravels.com/imgpost/load.php?id=1344405724&spl=4

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
30316545806b4b669e6d5aea5f7685f2f4a89e13187731214f92462f5ff0966f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x364 2680 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
combined_document_js_000.js
09195e60def57ca91ab031e77f9e47253e2152e923e0d4ad1cfdad1f54d014e8
deobfuscated-js combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0xF 2694 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).