Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d40481e936d04b91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.95 MB Created: 2008-08-02 11:25:13 +04:00 Authoring application: PScript5.dll Version 5.2 (via Acrobat Distiller 6.0 (Windows))
MD5: 2dd4c5fdc4ae17696e96cd594df0b143 SHA-1: 9fa104924107fc7c82e8e21b159e6d915b3f0dc5 SHA-256: d40481e936d04b91a57215b4a25916695e381b9e20e4d087e1e1607b9518f2c3
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability (Collab.collectEmailInfo) to execute code. The JavaScript streams are obfuscated, but the presence of unescape() calls and multiple extracted JS files indicates an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload. No specific URLs or hashes were extracted, limiting the IOCs.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/iX/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Extracted artifacts 9

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0016_000.js
a57b424ce100da4aa84ee81f8350f9368c263ade7ac2d448f11e0ca1c028ff4a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 16 at offset 0x43D 5110 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_003_off0000230d.js
b5ba09264c453e6ea26221c74b8d20dbda7e6d374cf193467b0164fbf0f558e4
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x230D 5098 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_004_off00003724.js
9704210768f89f8242ee4150f13ba121070ca19c15d8e73d89a6d38a86889780
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3724 5086 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_005_off00004b28.js
b333b46e743a51e644d0dfd96a6da8a3e090dbda0612768c20ace6d1cfee112d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B28 5117 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_006_off00005f33.js
7df90752caf373890fe857bc1ba5ce5a6c013e2efed481069a49304384ee988d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5F33 5044 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_008_off00008738.js
fe2a4dcf5f4c049870450e6af801a19f7759b91a2d9e60facf6ac250d9884763
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8738 5123 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_009_off00009b45.js
fcdbad2dcd3d550f42012908dc65d730d58f1526949a610390dbbf4c2b88e557
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x9B45 5147 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_010_off0000af53.js
d6867367a690e713bb2809ec7836f51f1c67a17746e6061516e2791e0677c758
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xAF53 5147 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_011_off0000c364.js
f345c3e218084a97b1af0f9f86678fbb5e39a45d2d8c861c1720a198e52195b9
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xC364 5159 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).