PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9b123001f81f7dfe

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.8 KB

MD5: b19a1544d85d44b30615aba778551336 SHA-1: 3b6854ec668ab925af7e96b15b4ef2140e3857a6 SHA-256: 9b123001f81f7dfeba8efb370406b3e180c54c74c004ca126cdf85f191bfba26

256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, as indicated by multiple PDF_JS and PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER heuristic firings. The critical CVE_2007_5659 firing suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious verdict. The primary attack vector appears to be the execution of a multi-stage JavaScript dropper designed to download and execute further malicious content.

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` `25258f05199c0748fb88bf7b4808e2ea41d027b40d80281d71f43b2b164edaf1`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1A75	1566 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `cca1b5f1825ea3b9a6add04d4d360a1efc58c76ce202724eea2822035518f65b`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x329	4907 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `c7700fa0dafe3ca52bdabb433953b2e93318ab813907413f8b3c976e5055f6cc`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	21928 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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