Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18de33097ed6e3f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.4 KB
MD5: 873719065b41b62a584f6e63eb5e67a3 SHA-1: aee8a6f6d72d82f62c0cd8980b26cc12f6835b15 SHA-256: 18de33097ed6e3f3b7842a467346879dcde4aad9251b56ec14abee1a0aada031
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324 via the media.newPlayer API. The JavaScript is designed to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://gwraddkkda.in/new/post.php?e=8&&. This indicates a downloader or dropper functionality, common in multi-stage attack chains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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://gwraddkkda.in/new/post.php?e=8&&

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
3b8c81ad7e2cd9af74b1d5e1e8c1721edc98e9df49807cfcf45b1618b4b1c3b3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
javascript_obj0008_001.js
6d4ec4f81907768e65a6552d315b0c0b6f8f74add0c82f93235a22103c79d19d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 21369 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c3df0b6d669953258363ab802ac0d32c63d5685d76eb2e0ad1f70f86b924f691
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 1256 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