Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4201564746d6c09d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

142.6 KB
MD5: e65126c496955222ee94ff5af85c700b SHA-1: 2b1f592a0d916dbacb0e8c285e9c60f3780e5151 SHA-256: 4201564746d6c09d526cd2d586ef7aa10858c06eac7725e79c103a1bfdc9f3c8
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 vulnerability related to media.newPlayer. The JavaScript itself appears obfuscated, using String.fromCharCode, making its exact function difficult to determine without further dynamic analysis. However, the combination of these factors strongly suggests an attempt to exploit the PDF reader and execute malicious code.

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.
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
deb2cbe5418647289f165b996811688f6eabe7b0d4a8ddaba508a6973dd8e48c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x37B 953 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
59bbd607f3c2b5ec03961a94020c40651447df0ffd2415991ac82f905c02f53d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x37B 196 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).