MALICIOUS
196
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The heuristic firings indicate the use of JavaScript actions and unescape functions, common in exploit delivery. The presence of a secondary embedded PDF further suggests a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of malicious code via the exploit.
Heuristics 7
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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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
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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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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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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. (matched inside decoded stream)
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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 7
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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stream_004_off0000063a.jsec2119df85e590d390c6b4323644e3f0acd58e50313801d0b5eb1957b7e45332 |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x63A | 2660 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js42c3f4df375ff6f58ff655cc4f88b5cc28f0dd33b978390db3538684a6219b74 |
deobfuscated-js | string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x63A | 126 bytes |
objstm_0023_00.bine8bfe65c34a535b0837ce7c541e45b42ab61e1ff13de05788daf7770f9a1ec0e |
pdf-objstm-decoded | PDF /ObjStm 23 0 obj (inflated) | 274 bytes |
font_00_sfnt_off0000d490.bin3bac5c0281a2cd2e8671f67d81986280e434f05dfdcf35f70783c2b447147f73 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD490 | 9384 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0000f508.bine6230e66eb2d32353b3645d6fadb85aad2e592d0cd480dc2c50e789e45fd2002 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF508 | 7252 bytes |
polyglot_child_pdf_off000093fb.pdf7c341f30fdb8606ea0954ee8d827e10efaffc6da96061b9547652e0ee9b6f033 |
polyglot-child-pdf | Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x93FB | 163894 bytes |
polyglot_child_pdf_off0002fc44.pdf0b1c923c8a0028794f3a3244dc498786746334f394e41678cc58ffbeb707d0a8 |
polyglot-child-pdf | Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x2FC44 | 6125 bytes |
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