PDF malware analysis — malicious · 56cc2ad69ceb89ea

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB Created: 2008-08-06 01:42:27 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 6a6f6f6c1070ac05390af69e43f5c407 SHA-1: e6d485c74c2f6dc68c560e49bfb688e938a9114e SHA-256: 56cc2ad69ceb89ea528b5c49f2cd7d4cc0dffdda3fb776b61f836323bc7298b1

316 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is configured with an OpenAction to trigger execution upon opening. Critical heuristics indicate the use of CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) and ClamAV detections confirm it as malicious. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is highly suspicious and likely responsible for the malicious payload delivery.

Heuristics 8

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-34662 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-34662
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.
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `1a46a473dcdc5fa9958c5dc91506bbfe8d0ae88a9842c10c6caa3b5a5795d7aa`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x36E	3295 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-34662 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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