Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be3a2443ecce0b84…

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: 28b327ebcc871ec41486926688667218 SHA-1: a049aca102fbd7c0b7482141879a4c6e9596f34c SHA-256: be3a2443ecce0b84cea6495c2d89aa43452758fa5c41207ff3970de2a00f38ea
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript triggered by an OpenAction, indicating an attempt to automatically execute code upon opening. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) strongly suggests exploitation of this known vulnerability. The presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detection as Win.Trojan.Agent-34667 point towards a malicious payload delivery mechanism. The script is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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-34667 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667
  • 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
ae2a0df1b7b8b3b8bda45e5b582a889f73988192c805c4a77983547c8b8fe3ed
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x367 2803 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).