PDF malware analysis — malicious · a899b3c618ddccb5

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB Created: 2008-08-06 01:42:27 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 1cf45ff4f799504a3c5dcc8eb17533aa SHA-1: 16925f51a3367060ca021aeb1375741af8f3fa0a SHA-256: a899b3c618ddccb5cc1122cb6b0b02c65efb5a60f404b89553b433fa900743ec

278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is configured with an OpenAction trigger, indicating an attempt to automatically execute code upon opening. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic firing confirms the exploitation of a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of 'Win.Trojan.Agent-34667' on both the main file and the extracted artifact. The use of Scribus as the authoring application is noted but does not directly influence the attack pattern.

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)
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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `8587b17095b17c82045d29726fa4377fb1aeeefc83574098d9c988ed1533463b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x363	2799 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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