MALICIOUS
272
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.007 JavaScript
This PDF exploits CVE-2009-0658 using a JBIG2Decode filter and embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript code, specifically the unescape() calls, constructs shellcode that is likely intended to be executed by the exploit. The presence of multiple obfuscated JavaScript streams and the JBIG2 exploit strongly indicate a client-side execution attack.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997
Heuristics 10
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Adobe Reader JBIG2Decode generic heap-spray exploit critical CVE likely CVE_2009_0658_GENERIC_SPRAYPDF combines JBIG2Decode image streams with JavaScript heap-spray or decoder scaffolding. This is likely CVE-2009-0658-family Adobe Reader JBIG2 exploitation, but it lacks the stricter Reader-9 version gate or decoded page-word shellcode fingerprint required by the exact rule.
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JBIG2 + active content high PDF_JBIG2_ACTIVE_CONTENTJBIG2Decode appears with JavaScript/XFA/RichMedia — a related indicator for JBIG2 parser-exploit families including CVE-2021-30860 and CVE-2009-0658, but not a unique CVE fingerprint.
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PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTERPDF 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.
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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JBIG2Decode filter medium PDF_JBIG2JBIG2 image decoder present — historically used in zero-click exploits
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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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
Extracted artifacts 6
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0054_000.js76b9a9d595e071c01fab427db3229805067700ca8167c99a8d39a6f6869c3734 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 54 at offset 0x9495 | 867 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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javascript_obj0056_001.jsa286a724917c4ed12e23c56fdbe9b05a086df706402e840df93ca822a639bf8f |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 56 at offset 0xA650 | 867 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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javascript_obj0058_002.js6300b36f22ef6578b0f03e4e9331a4dc1cfa3ef51cfced50c1ce2d725dd82351 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 58 at offset 0xB7B5 | 867 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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javascript_obj0060_003.js9fdeb4cf92d3ba004fe834e1ec15e7554d02b14121596b2b2948628aa9003bc4 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 60 at offset 0xC848 | 868 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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stream_009_off00001c1f.bin6a71966cad617bfb05c2fc57e09517130f7abf80fb7d2cd8d6f9a72dd0ff8cc6 |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1C1F | 8958 bytes |
jbig2_00_off00008305.binf976667e94bad14883cbc6a8079f71823677caad2deab55c28b039c892f29152 |
pdf-jbig2-stream | PDF JBIG2 stream at offset 0x8305 | 3739 bytes |
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