PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3e9ece5dd4ca82e7

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB

MD5: d4c95ce6b5fe82102e22b6acd5e0648f SHA-1: 209414a37ae01a0914c8179e2b6ef3fe54576d6b SHA-256: 3e9ece5dd4ca82e7d40b2c2b5ff291235ca0578e9f2176c7a8ed37ae275970bf

118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical heuristic identified the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability related to media.newPlayer, suggesting the JavaScript is used to exploit this flaw. The JavaScript is obfuscated, and a suspicious extracted artifact named 'javascript_obj111712_001.js' was flagged. The primary intent appears to be the execution of this JavaScript, likely to download and execute a second-stage 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111711_000.js` `ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197	291 bytes
`javascript_obj111712_001.js` `9bb8a92b6a6477cb1f2b41bfc6ee59e080e9a16dd1d2ed987c7645a60644a4a4`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x2B2	960 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`javascript_obj111713_002.js` `d2f98bec78aa096efa5aca99b701d5e6b9a8e2cf728fb7e79bf248862bacf14b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x50D	70 bytes

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