MALICIOUS
250
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.007 JavaScript
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and exploits known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-4324 and CVE-2008-2992) related to media player and printf functions. The embedded JavaScript, obfuscated but identifiable as JavaScript, is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6468
Heuristics 8
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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. (matched in decompressed stream)
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util.printf — CVE-2008-2992 critical CVE exact CVE_2008_2992PDF JavaScript calls util.printf() — CVE-2008-2992 is a stack buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long format-specifier argument. Widely exploited in the wild after disclosure. (matched in decompressed stream)
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Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGEA valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
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ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEXHex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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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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Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTALThe same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
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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 11
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0006_000.js3e4af067ab560c41caa0144d1e37e8b0e99031077a4043e050581c330ac19217 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x12D | 15946 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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font_00_sfnt_off000311ea.bin57fd48b7f2d33ddf1b5efd4d6b0c2b590e544ab9309b5627d5b94c3f46281d70 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x311EA | 327132 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0004a5c1.bin6332583cd1420bc3a2f89abfe70a059682d8ffb25c96a34fd2fdb383f629fee4 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4A5C1 | 10776 bytes |
font_02_sfnt_off0004ce20.bindaac95dde9b9273fa99f1a8de60fd2ab87206cff725fbdd3af633d53956c9e77 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4CE20 | 320480 bytes |
font_03_sfnt_off00060c1e.bin18c00dbe751f41d79ec7f20774b489786f9003b32bdd831a733a4f35ac0a8499 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x60C1E | 57688 bytes |
font_04_sfnt_off00069890.binc538c0d1bd085ecf6f7f6fd65941a1855cde0f01b528539ce070e61d47f71810 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x69890 | 153332 bytes |
font_05_sfnt_off000708f7.bin62d8f97099b2b081a398afd4f07ea1c1179144a4c4bf93b693112715d3835d1b |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x708F7 | 25492 bytes |
font_06_sfnt_off000741c2.bin504fe27aa79b5a5d069cb4ebf7a874f1e548f70e9a7970f9b400d18c10a21bfd |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x741C2 | 286392 bytes |
font_07_sfnt_off00083a77.bin265dbb1a259044fbc7680470c21d014bb05f73ba0b3334f4dd311dd93b5e7f6d |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x83A77 | 252008 bytes |
font_08_sfnt_off000a4652.binfe7876637a84b36c7edfbf55e5b4990fabec1213cde30e0a89af93a664ee0829 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA4652 | 76116 bytes |
polyglot_child_pdf_off00017217.pdffcbb7a76744832ab8deb5aac6e023f6fe4a0c2eadd06a7eb522acf4363e36338 |
polyglot-child-pdf | Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x17217 | 605925 bytes |
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