PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3a645164c7259c78

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 1e9ae398debdd81d8744507b00c1d730 SHA-1: 333ee67b9217208e4dbd763204d0cc8a32ce276d SHA-256: 3a645164c7259c7807930097498f07c5f87b5d613d7886c9368c7e23828d06ae

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE_2009_4324 heuristic suggests exploitation of a specific vulnerability related to media player objects. The unescape() function call further points to obfuscated JavaScript intended to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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. (matched in decompressed stream)
ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `e3e762fcf1b94fa67df3167cccfd7b929d80620921959442e7852cfc098e3a8f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1A1	1592 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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