Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e4630052f5aeacc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

316.6 KB Created: 2008-03-03 17:06:20 +08:00 Authoring application: PScript5.dll Version 5.2 (via Acrobat Distiller 6.0.1 (Windows))
MD5: 0ab00d3d3813da066824c496a78753ea SHA-1: aae917b146593ba52ebc8745dd51d453991257b0 SHA-256: 9e4630052f5aeacc5c4ac283feeeb18081fc11f2c575dc5da3ea6695c29058b2
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability through the Collab.collectEmailInfo method. This indicates an attempt to exploit the user by collecting email information, likely for phishing or further compromise. The presence of an embedded JavaScript file further supports the malicious intent.

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)
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0034_000.js
9010d4b7cda71438ca710c377a611502016d317e257b1b056c4ce8292715afc9		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x15BC 4481 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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