PDF malware analysis — malicious · 36b05e27a56bb9f9

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: 016991878d9468f8e6fe8c759f19ca6c SHA-1: b305546fa1d06a3be3a0af6e0600fa1da99ccb2c SHA-256: 36b05e27a56bb9f91cfd1369f62b8d1109e27d67ad52c693ef6df4008ee050f1

216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. Heuristics indicate this JavaScript acts as a stager, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER

PDF JavaScript uses syncAnnotScan()/getAnnots() to read an indirect annotation /Subject stream, percent-decodes it through marker replacement, then uses a callee.toString()-derived key to decode and eval the final exploit stage.
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_obj0007_000.js` `eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `3193e07718173bc1085fbce0cca076aeddfc367f812f9b9aa04ca260860046f1`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5090 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `735fb4c52abb0ac47198c3482e290ead2b05ca3f03ec8f2b44a26e808cb1d9e8`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12052 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `2b72ff6435afee266a1e81e8383185a97fddff6d59b928da0682a8b80ea6c3a8`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	72494 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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