Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef85ec927200ca0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.7 KB Created: 2010-02-09 11:19:09 +01:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 8.1 für Excel (via Acrobat Distiller 8.1.0 (Windows))
MD5: a111bcfb6a44b7140711825a32fcbceb SHA-1: e8f6ee929334c2421b25332ccca475195b8463e2 SHA-256: 2ef85ec927200ca0244c68eec37779cf8a0536dc03ef7c3fab0aba138fba5dcd
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This indicates the document is designed to exploit this vulnerability. The presence of JavaScript and the specific exploit suggest a malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload or compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 5

  • 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)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • 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_obj0018_000.js
96c8790c27a7048ba4634c151f9d84b0101c4a95577f628ae3b6a6e13cfe869c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 18 at offset 0x59D 1380 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
icc_00_off000027e0.icc
00c36ad25cc79152e364edf8e9d58e9fd2807e6188c07a8de84826e22aab9a92
pdf-icc-profile PDF ICC profile at offset 0x27E0 3144 bytes