PDF malware analysis — malicious · 41990d2e3a27517b

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB

MD5: 9bb2e8850e77b1f8b03c742764990809 SHA-1: ab646ac62b3bef98e614a4888c14ac3f4e323691 SHA-256: 41990d2e3a27517b197c48d630f76d825c05893e7683306bab389a3b031ba60c

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file 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. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely facilitates the execution of this exploit. The primary intent appears to be the exploitation of a known vulnerability to gain initial execution, potentially leading to further stages of a malware infection.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `7386db3d17cacd4d2112b55f302dc80469535b92f9d1ea32d8d0d9c2c38b6df1`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2221 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `34724b4176b0e989bf73d0fc9ae205c6fc8236b3698a34a94365aab3ab91b629`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8	2756 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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