Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de7ff62431e32041…

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: d8fb9fb64694b05983d6e809b7ffd63d SHA-1: e4c6c67a6a1dc5ef3fdc226b8abb36273b574cb4 SHA-256: de7ff62431e320414f74b7ad9ef29f62e7328e6cda4ffc6555e56b9d107be15e
278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is configured with an OpenAction trigger, indicating an attempt to automatically execute code when the document is opened. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) strongly suggests exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript artifact, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains the malicious payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file and its extracted components.

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
c8cc6aed3f4ca6799a2ef73c4a95b7381fd58c454533b1b2fdad0df3829e4afc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x363 2646 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).