Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7268217-0 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66b32178e1b3636d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB Created: 2008-09-07 22:47:39 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12; modified using iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT)
MD5: ae73fa7f833ff849691adb54aa5cf4fe SHA-1: 9db329cd0502686c9dc484befe0f2a51be96cca5 SHA-256: 66b32178e1b3636d4512e7688b10c65b50f93816bd89dabfd7da9aeb06f72976
410 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7268217-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). This script is designed to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://bookrave.com/tmp/z/ex.php?h=ex1. The presence of eval() calls and shellcode download URL indicators strongly suggests a dropper functionality.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 11

  • 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.
  • 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: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7268217-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7268217-0
  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY
    Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • 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://bookrave.com/tmp/z/ex.php?h=ex1

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
f70eeb5229cda89518e64b6851ffd5c21fdf1120cf1c5bbe911298c9db1fe32a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x352 2591 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0013_002.js
7185e27d7d59b0abe7e75b6790615f3a692611b8a7c8ee6b052d932d4fa730df
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x372 3287 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_000.js
15b57e39196c4fd2db6879bc9db1cfe3f2dd935c6b1e3dbb258643d844c19f15
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x352 2575 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_001.js
66ac2051f0832f3c8665094d993bdc2804657a54af1f58a354f37155dada734b
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x372 3271 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_002.js
ed35e70c76ba45d2483e188fccd36de98f6fe17cc7e7dea8e10fda7ac26ef77c
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0xF 5865 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
combined_document_js_000.js
fda127b01d931100bfefafd44fa03e9a616b91ce1a2cf635dcdb6b2aaf1c6a63
deobfuscated-js combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0xF 5897 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).