MALICIOUS
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Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.007 JavaScript
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers heuristics related to PDF JavaScript exploits, specifically CVE-2009-4324. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-19518. The presence of JavaScript and exploit indicators strongly suggests the document is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely for downloading and running a second-stage payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930
Heuristics 6
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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.
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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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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-19518 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-19518
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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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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules.
Extracted artifacts 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
font_00_sfnt_off00001979.bin5cca1658f14363177a7fd7b9e8d0b4a449aeff87d9e292d0379f20846d91f75f |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1979 | 268208 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00013941.bin2fc915bab6ce024427c19bff0c7434578e3c808dd961d5451a5da5a83399d697 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13941 | 22984 bytes |
font_02_sfnt_off000161ef.bina69cc8fb1ee97ad91e253e88a9d688bbec3b33ba074931089bce8771bc3e5cce |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161EF | 25320 bytes |
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