Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9af312ff790495e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.4 KB
MD5: de8f0e791f9071ed5a15c9b20bb2f2c6 SHA-1: 785c58e1e3336bf2d8f09a0b83a3d867e03e3f80 SHA-256: 9af312ff790495e426e2db13d775e6dd9b3945726523d9862c5159777a24b7f2
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics, and specifically triggers CVE-2009-4324 using the media.newPlayer API. The JavaScript appears to be obfuscated, but the core functionality is to exploit this known vulnerability. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of CVE-2009-4324.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • 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)
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
c588194cffc62055ccc92642ca90511481ab86ec31e10f495eab507d07dc75fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c3df0b6d669953258363ab802ac0d32c63d5685d76eb2e0ad1f70f86b924f691
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 1256 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
42025b552c7960b53abcd8cd732b01c8d109eccfdfefc352b9826c4d5807d414
deobfuscated-js cross-stage annotation API aliases at offset 0x1E7 81 bytes