Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7eb09fc9d7698938…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB
MD5: e22cd3fe0f7953645ffcbbad77d5d061 SHA-1: 5ed84d088c48884a11bcb467003bbeeb557a295f SHA-256: 7eb09fc9d76989389c1966be1daa6e0744a487b268eec04b91527c36ed4c208f
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324 via the media.newPlayer function. The script attempts to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276652-0' further supports its role as a dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276652-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276652-0
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111111_000.js
f2cdef1f2e0f354549c68197f00fb49d133505a054baf73d2287dee5d09100a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111111 at offset 0x160 1238 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111112_001.js
9dd0f1330c8628ed8d4629c0f2b5ee328d333448dad47fca0ec81beff4bff73a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111112 at offset 0x47D 248 bytes
combined_document_js_000.js
2e27643ff61eb2a9186b7872b7d20da142dd49df9ace45684e9962da45254dc6
deobfuscated-js combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0x160 1487 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).