MALICIOUS
150
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.007 JavaScript
This PDF exploits CVE-2009-4324 using embedded JavaScript to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://ezuis.in/x/l.php?s=newp&&. The JavaScript code appears to be obfuscated and attempts to download and execute further malicious content, indicating a downloader or dropper functionality.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 6
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media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
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PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URLDecoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://ezuis.in/x/l.php?s=newp&&
Extracted artifacts 4
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0008_000.jsf95068bdb2833ac749da8a0861f5060e246ad62dcefcf17961c82e36281fb3ba |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 | 3583 bytes |
javascript_obj0008_001.jscc567776478255aa64fc39f5bd3e5fde1eb6faadd86619fb82fc916cf32768ea |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 | 80451 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.jsa269e935e0b7c56d38baff9b1dd992d545670e3a8c288813c902c4d704a17ef3 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x101A | 2552 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js42025b552c7960b53abcd8cd732b01c8d109eccfdfefc352b9826c4d5807d414 |
deobfuscated-js | cross-stage annotation API aliases at offset 0x1E7 | 81 bytes |
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