PDF malware analysis — malicious · 00844553fcef249c

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.1 KB

MD5: 4aac8b37519bc3a65c69869968e632e0 SHA-1: 2b71992365817350b090456cc4aec1e8de57f8fa SHA-256: 00844553fcef249c9e673dc0cf1a02d8b0e55cc288b9c0321066bf2d07a07942

270 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324 using the media.newPlayer API. The JavaScript is designed to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://mobisexonline.com/new/post.php?e=8&&. This indicates a downloader or dropper functionality, aiming to fetch and execute further malicious code.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

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)
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36170 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36170
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL

Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://mobisexonline.com/new/post.php?e=8&&

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `7251695e332e4edbef2f87e74e87ece0face3dcb2e1b9b8c3b72799115d41c8d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	1783 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36170 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`javascript_obj0008_001.js` `128cae708844ddbb55f609853bc10194b844f134893c0d0a445a29997f142b0a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209	21111 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36170 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `74ec3cb337edf350b5765f62c42413691496f354b384663ed33c29ced9b105e0`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x912	1268 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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