Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a598f5f84d9ddc08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.5 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: e8e4743bf5055343b21ab401e8a6eb74 SHA-1: 26efe13e2cda87e8720be62c5f61ac4757666681 SHA-256: a598f5f84d9ddc087777353362dd2b70adcf041ccbb0a1c2e040460ff765f3a1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical vulnerability (CVE-2007-5659) related to the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This indicates an attempt to exploit the reader to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0032_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'Win.Trojan.Dropper-82' ClamAV detection.

Heuristics 9

  • 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: Win.Trojan.Dropper-82 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Dropper-82
  • 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_obj0032_000.js
4d750e18ba571947cf12791eba4c086d767bcbe393c2a109b7f2b3e05aea281c		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x1568 4624 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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