Malicious PDF / .BIN — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97c7704b361af4ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .BIN

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: 002eb7912911173b385fd97cc076785b SHA-1: a1c116325bfe1c0a6ca5f477250061181259b1ab SHA-256: 97c7704b361af4ce32c7d09806d8916f89cf885e6cc16cefeec1bc99b0e502ca
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript triggered by the OpenAction, exploiting CVE-2007-5659 via the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript streams and unescape calls further supports this. No specific family could be identified.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
8a68ec7f048c91f1d00441a93660f30080f109f6169f2cb48a1025c6c6d21934
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 2754 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).