Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a6d62495e97ae5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.2 KB
MD5: 9ef820f2f92a92302c3e8bcb9b09885e SHA-1: cf3465eb973c36b50db846f04d58deff8d41115b SHA-256: 3a6d62495e97ae5f802cde8afb36a675cba9463083c82afedfc37b4572f49e87
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE-2009-4324 heuristic specifically points to the exploitation of a vulnerability related to media.newPlayer, which is often used to launch embedded scripts. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely contains code to download and execute a secondary payload, although its exact functionality is obscured. The presence of obfuscation indicators and the nature of the exploit suggest a downloader or dropper functionality.

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
d026d8c2c1b5f441e79942987a296a4c6492d45dfef778c046015ab9be9a88b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
e25eb9dea927fc4a67324232040e7bccd1874be12a367fce24d0ca6ae7a3286e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 2744 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