PDF malware analysis — malicious · e6a67053a6fcc65e

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.0 KB

MD5: 1dc7704e0d879825860eaff1cac0d287 SHA-1: 0f66dd2e2790b0fffc8f7fcb2974537e14dae782 SHA-256: e6a67053a6fcc65e37ee2428122dcac0e95deb9309d3430b31865d81e72c7a3e

224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

This PDF exploits CVE-2007-5659 using obfuscated JavaScript embedded within annotations. The JavaScript is designed to decode and execute a multi-stage payload, acting as a dropper for further malicious activity. 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-35916 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916
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` `6c41320119e160dc719997b9a2efb3600ea9d7e9d7e44b4dc2125762dc9f365f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	505 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `08b7401c5919d5fa73ead0fb863f0f80b83215ee489bdfd5ec9de82bb7256c22`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1AEC	1650 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` `2b0ed30f90e447e6a37f2430a0d4bef6e28a364bc8f52d092d6b15fe04a864d1`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x355	4969 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `640c79985e7c049f80cc6d05a0bdb5c41a84c36a416df46939c24ad1ba8c0fd5`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	24989 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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