Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 700819c53d8537fa…

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: 1fdb3ec1b1dd6174528f517c0f2c18c5 SHA-1: e9255c79676704bff1827dd02247ef9838d81fc1 SHA-256: 700819c53d8537fa442d3ba57fbce5e71810b0382ab55e7dd4e93cb88f06cdae
370 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to download a payload. The deobfuscated JavaScript explicitly contains the URL http://193.111.244.157/30/load.php?id=22315&spl=4, which is used to fetch the next stage of the attack. ClamAV also detected this file as Win.Trojan.Agent-34667.

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://193.111.244.157/30/load.php?id=22315&spl=4

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
cdec8cf1c03742f02309e484ecb46d2dac8afdd24b619cc8874e3a2cfb67f7f0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x366 2661 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
98e66acd3d5106d785a94ac6589df07e29975088f3a217a270326b670e160c65
deobfuscated-js combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0xF 2677 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).