PDF malware analysis — malicious · 340411e4208233d2

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB

MD5: d039ebe60741185eae4ce63beaf2131a SHA-1: 572658def6ed56e6bd69e9fff250f125e57ac979 SHA-256: 340411e4208233d225191fa594ad9130a0ec47c7807530d4bfaee2024c0b683e

250 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324 (media.newPlayer) to download and execute a payload. The embedded JavaScript constructs a URL for the download: http://landoftraffic.in/x/exe.php?src=universe&id=universe&x=pdf4. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the exploit cluster confirms the exploitation attempt.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

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.
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL

Decoded 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).
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One 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://landoftraffic.in/x/exe.php?src=universe&id=universe&x=pdf4

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111711_000.js` `ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197	291 bytes
`javascript_obj111712_001.js` `c27e645831134bdc2a408ba90bdd60fe95c2468b2338f34ada28d4e95170d466`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x2B2	1008 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`javascript_obj111713_002.js` `d2f98bec78aa096efa5aca99b701d5e6b9a8e2cf728fb7e79bf248862bacf14b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x51D	70 bytes
`combined_document_js_000.js` `6aab7ee4563b9c3b53d28453b20d56a525f56b8e9cf21d2d39f3f62b0a6b50f8`	deobfuscated-js	combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0x197	1371 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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