PDF malware analysis — malicious · 036ae23b29b7da47

MALICIOUS

PDF

266.8 KB

MD5: 3f993af378694d3daaea533a08465a72 SHA-1: ff6b7b58bd86efe301a74d1ab4a13e2305eb50e8 SHA-256: 036ae23b29b7da478ba02533e8dc40dc045e8c642fc89001fe0145cdaf467e60

596 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious due to multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploit activity. Specifically, it leverages JavaScript to trigger vulnerabilities such as CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) and CVE-2009-4324 (media.newPlayer) within Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the generic stage recovery findings.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 14

media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324

PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (matched in decompressed stream)
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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
Multi-CVE Adobe Reader JavaScript exploit kit critical PDF_ADOBE_READER_MULTI_CVE_JS_KIT

One recovered JavaScript stage contains multiple version-gated Adobe Reader exploit branches. This is stronger evidence than independent API keywords: the PDF is selecting old Reader vulnerabilities by viewer version and running heap-sprayed Acrobat JavaScript exploit paths.
Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE

A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
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.
RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA

PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY

Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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 8

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`zVGWPnPsl.swf` `ae13437efad4e3a4f03cb0339d03b7d795966b217d30a540767c4ae26f402285`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x146D	26774 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `ce44f38eb0f616818628376bcec99247a88e161a69539f804a0484c5f0b1d586`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x13C	12116 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_000.js` `53d58cc25aec57b8052c888d57d68cab5d69d1cf12daf6d1e603cc9929272ae8`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from JavaScript object 6 at offset 0x13C	11997 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_001.js` `cb1d2ccadd76a58cfe71bc22f7b8f3d5f650c42515f9c85c05f2f9ad257f9c57`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery marker-XX-to-%u from JavaScript object 6 at offset 0x13C	11461 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 8 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_002.js` `1162e8f2f7367d453d389fa6529f5821f6b2e8f33f65fc82963e0dc116a9fea5`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery marker-XX-to-%u from JavaScript object 6 at offset 0x13C	7783 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 8 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_003.js` `7c7261ba17e4f02bfc97701d412ec6e6eba6fca17261ab4a3b164c30b226aa07`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize -> marker-XX-to-%u from JavaScript object 6 at offset 0x13C	11342 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 8 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_004.js` `8607be2bfbfb443eb107e790cc13f6020d6574426a7d50e920b9365e383dab3a`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize -> marker-XX-to-%u from JavaScript object 6 at offset 0x13C	7664 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 8 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`polyglot_child_pdf_off000398e8.pdf` `df9caa1a8a81c3c654c87afe8a643f4a27424e4bd52b96287571843eae27694e`	polyglot-child-pdf	Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x398E8	37419 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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