Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b225f7de565386eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.7 KB Created: 2002-03-27 12:02:13 Authoring application: Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10
MD5: bf54fc6001494d1152f53726ac3b94c9 SHA-1: a94a7f03d24884854744b40c359ad85ee4c23f3c SHA-256: b225f7de565386eb3f2931435350ce2fb60d74af744b3228d2c12f6c3dcc56f9
238 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical vulnerability (CVE-2007-5659) related to the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This indicates the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to run malicious code. ClamAV also detected the file as Win.Trojan.Agent-36171, further confirming its malicious nature. The extracted JavaScript artifact, javascript_obj0012_000.js, is likely responsible for the malicious payload execution.

Heuristics 7

  • 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-36171 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36171
  • 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)
  • 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_obj0012_000.js
3e369027a51c55976b5982ded6c62514cc11945193e689285319ee649788393b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xCDF 1688 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36171
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).