PDF malware analysis — malicious · c9bbfe9986916fd0

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: bf7ff5e3fe28722c1fb1306dc64fa1b7 SHA-1: fd6b00c2277aa2e978aa5b1052b9b591c871b7b0 SHA-256: c9bbfe9986916fd07dbab9c06d80e2d8ba5a15c5a05925d929d66a18190ce542

278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers 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 embedded JavaScript and ClamAV detections further confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-34662 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-34662
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` `5cb29845c79d8e879e8f2dc13432ebae95b12217e691ad0a824164504d2f3264`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x36E	3307 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-34662 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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