MALICIOUS
216
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.007 JavaScript
The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of Adobe Reader U3D vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-3459, CVE-2009-3953). Embedded JavaScript is present, which is deobfuscated and executed via an eval call. This script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the deobfuscated code and the ML classifier's high confidence score.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 7
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Adobe Reader U3D auto-activated 3D annotation — CVE-2009-3459 critical CVE likely CVE_2009_3459_U3D_AUTOACTIVATEPDF contains a /Subtype /3D annotation that is configured to auto-activate on page view (/3DA <</A /PV /AIS /I>>) alongside a /U3D stream and JavaScript. This is the document shape used by CVE-2009-3459 (Adobe Reader U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration heap overflow, APSB09-15): the U3D parser runs without any user interaction once the page is rendered, while the accompanying JavaScript prepares a heap-spray to land controlled memory inside the corrupted allocation.
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Adobe Reader U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration exploit critical CVE likely CVE_2009_3953PDF combines malformed U3D 3D content with JavaScript/action activation. CVE-2009-3953 is an Adobe Reader/Acrobat U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration array-boundary vulnerability triggered by malformed U3D data in a PDF.
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U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATEDPDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
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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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syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCANPDF 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)
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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.
Extracted artifacts 4
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0009_000.js13cf2d0eaec85c705da4c2fffb65e113947a5265c1fe553819586fc741044d7a |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x471E | 610 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js5cd9cee4c08a370cd8bcfabb0891d2ee025b539188aa0f92452f5d1a64ff795d |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1C09 | 12156 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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deobfuscated.jsd5237f1a3f7c7133eef95c3183e1400d9f4eac65d43bc625980e5f3dc5addbd2 |
deobfuscated-js | PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass | 341691 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
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u3d_00_off00004995.bin9ee983707edc4351a88e510e1ea40257b620aa8d1703a4e6b0401cfab3608352 |
pdf-3d-stream | PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x4995 | 28021 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
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