Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 398f9eba5f84f458…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

79.1 KB
MD5: 511b96534de541ccad893ac768b38ba3 SHA-1: c9bbe3c20228a355c359eb1af408e0a1d10c4997 SHA-256: 398f9eba5f84f458dfaa154d4ab8ef47697ae1c31e0dcb8168c25d2c161ab38f
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is triggered by a CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability related to the media.newPlayer annotation API. The JavaScript is obfuscated, but static analysis indicates it is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The extracted JavaScript file 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' is a strong indicator of this malicious behavior.

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
73c135fc22b116b73d16cfa29be00787617121971d8d8040bb485f4e2aa37419
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3583 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
0a2b026bba8c4efb09566d695a2b6752bac3070fad4f3306884b493ab4e9e31d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x101A 2552 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