PDF malware analysis — malicious · 34e5685eeace1f0d

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB

MD5: 6af1a5cbda12fb7085220e96e3cef5d3 SHA-1: 8b4d92cef1c07b99074cb9344248ff2e16659882 SHA-256: 34e5685eeace1f0d33f73b364d0ada8d56a735b268a650ca37b9de26714a7b9b

198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical vulnerability (CVE-2009-4324) related to media player actions. ClamAV detections indicate the presence of a known trojan. The embedded JavaScript, although partially obfuscated, is designed to execute and likely download a secondary payload, as suggested by the deobfuscated script content and the overall malicious verdict. The reconstructed URL from the script is "vrsLlGeorpVL15 = /vvv/vvv/vvv/vvv/vvv;" which is not a valid URL but indicates an attempt to fetch external content.

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)
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `61c8eb550e4d5b461aa91753846ef00b2bafea0ff167bfc4dbdc0c50713095fd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2019 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `6615bafdfca3443f4e226384bdb5b622622cea29fad1cb3aad6a924ef5787e9e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE	2540 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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