PDF malware analysis — malicious · 52bd9eb8a710b9a7

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 9839f91e3218ac7f0cc223d0233149a3 SHA-1: 906b703660ac4f662fe4e3d4ed767cdab38444c8 SHA-256: 52bd9eb8a710b9a7cd7564b649fdde249859c12ece8d43ab1e41b000a8f538d1

216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file exploits known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2007-5659 and CVE-2008-2992, by embedding and executing obfuscated JavaScript. The JavaScript uses `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()` to reconstruct and run exploit code, likely leading to arbitrary code execution. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

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)
util.printf — CVE-2008-2992 critical CVE exact CVE_2008_2992

PDF JavaScript calls util.printf() — CVE-2008-2992 is a stack buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long format-specifier argument. Widely exploited in the wild after disclosure. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `c569f0fc3cd3f0c5dc8c989c4f79b59b87654dadb20a8d9e4b36fec66bb6c35c`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D2	12696 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`numeric_charcode_stage_000.js` `c520ad72857e19eeea48d441a468ff1aa3a9e218a0ac93c5c22beefbb3e12f07`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x422	3803 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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