Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fea4278aef127d1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.7 KB Created: 2002-03-27 12:02:13 Authoring application: Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10
MD5: 84b14e1f1153dd64d0ff48af06c72b10 SHA-1: 9e28a132fc0f7f7b02c09fbc9e980e29ef811888 SHA-256: fea4278aef127d1f5dd6522eea76945d93b68a88c183d5ddb71e1f28db9d12f0
238 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo), indicating an exploit attempt. ClamAV also detected the file as Win.Trojan.Agent-36171. The embedded JavaScript stream, combined with the exploit heuristic, suggests the document is designed to download and execute a malicious payload.

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-36171 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36171
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0012_000.js
fcd692900290bc9cf51c1c194f988a3c9be2eb8806f9a26e3b97fba32e3ab9ad
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xCDF 1634 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36171
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).