PDF malware analysis — malicious · 1cdbe3e046a5987d

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.0 KB

MD5: f522f9b4065883bb1eab228cdea401b2 SHA-1: 377066d9402629dd1e1fcebf8afed94352fa7b3e SHA-256: 1cdbe3e046a5987d2ccb91324c401a19c4baf20d4b8aa5b62d37e297e5465672

256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER. The critical CVE_2007_5659 firing indicates the use of a known vulnerability to execute this script. The script's purpose is to act as a dropper, downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper' heuristic. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086, further confirming its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `f9b4659beaf681d266cfb5046d495e7b144d406eff72e71ecd4d1451ae25ca11`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	481 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `74f187554f30e772a490b373e08e2799dfd5dc96e979f21cbd1f0fea79cc4440`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1AB1	1921 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `a0ea0dce1f76d55969fdceb3718302ff36a545fa47397317a1fe8d5945319296`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x329	5051 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `198b593d17254e872676e355b1356a5a3d02c0a367b927241c2a5a3b7ceaa82f`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	22116 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).

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