PDF malware analysis — malicious · e083cb98bb3d0b9a

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB

MD5: fa111d32aa6924ae4658acfd279a1d8c SHA-1: 82b059d1d68a3dd97e44a0ad02ad30c9dc95d9bf SHA-256: e083cb98bb3d0b9aa3e7c0ee3af7fbb81415bf71a4404b18a086375e1467cdff

108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 JavaScript T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability via the media.newPlayer alias. The embedded JavaScript, particularly in legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, appears to be obfuscated but is designed to execute further code. This suggests a downloader or dropper functionality, aiming to fetch and execute additional malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

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` `ca6093452d6c3cba962afa7fb0526237dc19451b9abcae78643a24130382c89d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2221 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `34724b4176b0e989bf73d0fc9ae205c6fc8236b3698a34a94365aab3ab91b629`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8	2756 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

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.