Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d26a6b9a693b154d…

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: f745b81c601c9e1881ff2241d8a90f13 SHA-1: ad0036b63a51f405701e75f337f73add59f1cc9c SHA-256: d26a6b9a693b154de351e163e0bf9e0f949f6463a03b7047e74cbbf7220b6782
278 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 exploit vulnerabilities. The presence of 'CVE-2007-5659' and 'Collab.collectEmailInfo' points to a known PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of 'Win.Trojan.Agent-34667' on both the PDF and an extracted artifact.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
e03f79cd0ca86534b2d10cb1ee5b5ec1750540cb2fd85195b3723d6c1ed574c7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x36A 2686 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).