PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2e9724d7d6f17107

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB

MD5: f45deb2e4e0ed007ad4d80cb160968f0 SHA-1: a9426d1ea0687d9b7dd1e1490505f2c7ae547317 SHA-256: 2e9724d7d6f1710724f9194365626eabcc30ea8dea9182eb0bedca34621675f1

108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including a critical alert for CVE-2009-4324 (media.newPlayer). The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript, particularly in the deobfuscated 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' file, is designed to exploit this vulnerability, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The specific exploit trigger identified is 'media.newPlayer' via annotation actions.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

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. (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.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `85fc9ff4eeeb96e523a668578a54295fd71b26887c6b379f3d522535cc8dcdda`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2205 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `34724b4176b0e989bf73d0fc9ae205c6fc8236b3698a34a94365aab3ab91b629`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAB8	2756 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `42025b552c7960b53abcd8cd732b01c8d109eccfdfefc352b9826c4d5807d414`	deobfuscated-js	cross-stage annotation API aliases at offset 0x1E7	81 bytes

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