MALICIOUS
78
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.001 PowerShell
The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability, specifically targeting the media.newPlayer API. This vulnerability is used to trigger embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript code appears obfuscated but is designed to execute further malicious actions, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript artifacts further supports this analysis.
Heuristics 4
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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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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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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.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.
Extracted artifacts 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0008_000.js4d3797a7de4a014a3ff6a911384cf548e829e7b5581ea2f39135d45f2fd236f9 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 | 2221 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.jse25eb9dea927fc4a67324232040e7bccd1874be12a367fce24d0ca6ae7a3286e |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 | 2744 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js42025b552c7960b53abcd8cd732b01c8d109eccfdfefc352b9826c4d5807d414 |
deobfuscated-js | cross-stage annotation API aliases at offset 0x1E7 | 81 bytes |
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