Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2be81bb7c17b6ba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB
MD5: 74ac236ad98872f6abeb78736dbe57cf SHA-1: b4bdf752489da2790150526a28f5176a52080517 SHA-256: 2be81bb7c17b6ba2b955cefb13760032a87746a62abc5c763a4198aa0c188ae2
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical finding of 'CVE_2009_4324' suggests exploitation of a known vulnerability. The JavaScript itself appears obfuscated, but the presence of 'String.fromCharCode' and the overall structure point towards the execution of malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
7ba39a51889d3e29c480aa422c3d83ec0493f020b49082db6b9e663aa758314b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x37B 959 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
43d753ed05fa5bb0df5b0aaed68c578071fcad80a8de40170b5dbc57042ebfc3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x37B 202 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).