PDF malware analysis — malicious · d28d0c7f9a87a8fd

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.9 KB

MD5: f769e108a58551a71ba06ca9fb3f4e20 SHA-1: 50c0864edbbb00c90712df56711f66bfeaa8551f SHA-256: d28d0c7f9a87a8fd2b07d735f4a6c437c5c631a97ea3784bf11ea630853fdc23

224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' and 'CVE_2007_5659'. The JavaScript is designed to decode and execute a payload, likely downloading and running a second-stage malicious file. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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-35902 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35902
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, 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.
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)
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_obj0005_000.js` `3cf6a22459cda11e607fc9e0dc0c88d01a8425e26488ff87df38d855ceb4dccf`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	465 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` `06e5770a9829924d6696be4638f8749a955dc3ea23877439238c0697bf3f816b`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1A69	1772 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` `2962a8d1548de302f333df145619701bdf00d91c4f132809f18b663f260d9c53`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x347	4885 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `53c1480ca44a433726de29ec974bbe97fa9058ae2470114d7b392f53ac4e78e5`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	22858 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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