PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9d08b6916f426259

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.2 KB

MD5: e56e414381ccd0aad28df9c71abb31d5 SHA-1: cf8f8eefe4a1337230042e65ea69fc8dfb039796 SHA-256: 9d08b6916f426259d990bad037b60369e92464c66171bd2b8c88fd5baf0bf550

108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-4324 (media.newPlayer exploit). The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The embedded JavaScript, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', appears to be obfuscated but likely aims to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' heuristic and the nature of the CVE exploit.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `3007ebe95895a7123897500a2ba797505195a19bac54eb73d6c10993a2fe3c8a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2205 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `e25eb9dea927fc4a67324232040e7bccd1874be12a367fce24d0ca6ae7a3286e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAB8	2744 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

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