Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff76daca1bebf7ee…

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: 10e37596585f5aa56f049538409e40be SHA-1: 37f92b9d10ba25f9535014703f595d1096b7e819 SHA-256: ff76daca1bebf7eec7e92246e9a3cb51bbe03b7bcb5a4f90d99949e4d0da8f98
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is configured with an OpenAction to trigger its execution upon opening. The critical CVE-2007-5659 heuristic firing indicates the use of the Collab.collectEmailInfo method, a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities in PDF readers. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'Script obfuscation indicators' heuristic.

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)
  • 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
f71ff9983dab88ef1f337b55422cdceb54f817549ba8107e46e390141f4356e9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x36A 2745 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).