PDF malware analysis — malicious · 866bf9775ed9f148

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.8 KB

MD5: c7e5e1986d5f2333b9e83d38455f246c SHA-1: 9950b8407f430401394110432145b38f60c0682e SHA-256: 866bf9775ed9f148f5a5727d27340a520c0087a63c890741d71d9148030cd3fd

226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability, specifically by calling the 'media.newPlayer' function. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the exploit cluster points to a known vulnerability.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
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.
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `a6a0408d1618a78fb4a8e8a44d2c2daf6f34c5a9883a9f8814df95d1ac3c1101`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x210	2960 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `42c3f4df375ff6f58ff655cc4f88b5cc28f0dd33b978390db3538684a6219b74`	deobfuscated-js	string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x210	126 bytes

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