Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ac8c11dabcfd7da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB
MD5: 56d4575a3542990385553f68e8ef9dec SHA-1: 1eb30d617227733017410a407497df395553c175 SHA-256: 2ac8c11dabcfd7da0a6275053f6c95a14a0d00fb2b3300e4784530fb7d5f0d19
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. A critical heuristic, CVE_2009_4324, specifically points to the exploitation of a vulnerability related to media.newPlayer within the PDF structure. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely facilitates the execution of this exploit. The overall intent appears to be the download and execution of a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' artifact name and the nature of the CVE exploit.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
d0a703ff7ca6cc68e7bbe043a30136b8f919f9c47646b1696096093f076fb018
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2578 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
d7155f873b59e589a73c704be477a30cf4921d43cb2c81abc4b0960cad6f3280
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC2D 1220 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