PDF malware analysis — malicious · ed038099843d8275

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.9 KB

MD5: db00d93d6afa9e8cee6a535546e62c96 SHA-1: 93906ae03a69bac20dfe4284b527609c4815b5e7 SHA-256: ed038099843d8275085555472e30b3d3d4b1f17a1ee5b5d30485e1c3cc5bfa40

256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF sample contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The deobfuscated JavaScript likely acts as a dropper, downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS classification and the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. The script's intent is to exploit the PDF reader and download 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` `9567f57f3ff67ff9740d814dc7f9b943eb3f69c0510748c27a8b386567328296`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1ABA	1720 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` `1a56da2cf475ebcc9aebd58c6e6cf26296f917a9233b97077b6eebd224cb9915`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x329	4943 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `309fa033290c816624284c7a986db7ec942b5d09d91d267e9484d798a44f5f8d`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	22371 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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