PDF malware analysis — malicious · 39e9bb829f932006

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.7 KB

MD5: 18912c59bba61d0119264e35b055388d SHA-1: ca025fcc90aa28082392c4d8a050d52619a7fec7 SHA-256: 39e9bb829f932006d6427f2a97c68a355dd7cbbc2aa2d98c32cea0b502028ece

268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and exploits related to CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo), indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of U3D content and extracted JavaScript files further supports this, pointing towards a sophisticated exploit chain designed to deliver a secondary payload.

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)
U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED

PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
Annotation subject percent-decoding eval stager critical PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_MARKER_EVAL_STAGER

OpenAction JavaScript forces annotation enumeration, reads an annotation /Subject payload with getAnnots(), rewrites marker bytes into percent escapes, decodes it with unescape(), and dispatches it through eval. This is a high-confidence exploit-kit staging pattern. It is intentionally not mapped to CVE-2009-1492 unless getAnnots() itself carries the crafted integer or long argument shape for that vulnerability.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A2	373 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `31f8c95e1dd8b29929b7d367ec693402e596175afe222226e60aaf3f286604e3`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FC	13354 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `65a00ede8f2ff835598360d28c4d825c61048536a0319bf4f818aa249b989f58`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2FC	5633 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`u3d_00_off0000364f.bin` `48816569ab4f370009a917ef6429edbe09e4dfe8a63b00a0a0f75a904c62ba94`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x364F	27449 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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