MALICIOUS
100
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious PDF
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
The PDF sample exploits CVE-2009-4324 using the media.newPlayer object. The unescape() call further indicates obfuscation. While no specific payload or URL is directly extracted, the vulnerability exploitation strongly suggests the PDF is designed to download and execute a secondary malicious component.
Heuristics 2
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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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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
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