Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1495ab0aaa58fe7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB
MD5: 01558973ccc60d7cac7a264f648848fc SHA-1: c9f1eae6f9b593a065bf01c769697961adb93dd6 SHA-256: 1495ab0aaa58fe7a150f0b14f9464f44680615effd456c0b20438a1f42b144fb
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability via the media.newPlayer object. The script attempts to download and execute a secondary payload, indicated by the exploit cluster and ML classifier findings. The obfuscated JavaScript is designed to evade detection and deliver a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 7

  • media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324
    PDF 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
ee25e132dcde4a4c094985970bbaa4c1a04e808372f854fe8008d90bf22da7ad
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x19F 1901 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).