PDF malware analysis — malicious · ebf2ccbbc1a17174

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.4 KB

MD5: eb6807e7c257212e932ddcaf3fd595e8 SHA-1: 71c9f22e34868ad237931461e048f90097362ba1 SHA-256: ebf2ccbbc1a17174f5a2e693a194ba45c13a5d2cef09f163b23d69485baaf691

126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object: User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript/JScript

This PDF file exploits CVE-2007-5659 using embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated using String.fromCharCode and other techniques, but the core functionality appears to be the execution of arbitrary code. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's annotation handling.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 6

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)
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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
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_obj0004_000.js` `be4694a17eb89a55f7eb3db389ba2bc4f102f4c7dcfc99549d848cdb7df5dfb5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0xE1	1940 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`numeric_charcode_stage_000.js` `6c41320119e160dc719997b9a2efb3600ea9d7e9d7e44b4dc2125762dc9f365f`	deobfuscated-js	numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0xEF	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` `929f530db04579c059a9ad694942ebba650b28c2e9b75514e822a169f18d78b9`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1C55	1851 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` `13a99d9106d5c81716df2e1fea66a60680acf737f1c7a15a11bf1088c93d08cd`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x4C3	5031 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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