Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d15cb1a6e259ae8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2008-08-06 01:42:27 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 2c295201f3400bf467866ca8fb9cff8d SHA-1: b930394f8779ad2dc409aefc11726b559461b331 SHA-256: d15cb1a6e259ae8c6797899ae59b3ca2e74adfba3c9ccc2d73a4482d617eff4a
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is configured with an OpenAction to trigger its execution upon opening. The 'CVE_2007_5659' heuristic firing indicates the use of a known vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to achieve code execution. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
19fa09629508951bb9defaa8b675efa2899295bdf6de739813f6f66d73fc9219
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x36C 2669 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).