PDF malware analysis — malicious · fa0f5d07eb5aab72

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: dc9ef6fd2fd9d367a93f7cf7aac7e34b SHA-1: 022bca48a37086e88be0bd2b49d838963601db0b SHA-256: fa0f5d07eb5aab7287b324ed5d97571a00d00f280ee9477602195feb57c4b9a4

278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and is configured with an OpenAction trigger, indicating an attempt to automatically execute code upon opening. The presence of the CVE-2007-5659 heuristic, specifically targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, strongly suggests exploitation of a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript, detected as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for delivering the malicious payload, as indicated by ClamAV detections of 'Win.Trojan.Agent-34667'.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `671be9f4621e8465cf2311267cbdc3ae889900f16e5784951b62c61300e2876f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x36C	2688 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-34667 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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