Annotation subject split/self-key JavaScript stager

PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_SPLIT_EVAL_STAGER

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high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_SPLIT_EVAL_STAGER

What it means

PDF JavaScript rebuilds hidden exploit code from annotation /Subject fields.

Why it fires

This family uses syncAnnotScan()/getAnnots() only as a staging primitive. The visible OpenAction reads an annotation /Subject value, splits marker-prefixed hex bytes into a second-stage decoder, and that decoder reads another annotation subject and decrypts two-character pairs with a digit key before evaling the recovered JavaScript. The rule is emitted only after static decoding recovers exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript; CVE attribution comes from the vulnerable API in the recovered stage.

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