Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4421895f77b207cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.4 KB Created: 2009-07-08 10:53:46 +08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat Distiller 7.0 (Windows)
MD5: 7ea5b8066be6e567120d24cb72f91bfb SHA-1: 49476912d3b0f38decfaedfce4ad0ae6d5ce1be8 SHA-256: 4421895f77b207cda794f537789f55ac45fe82e3a6304940ad54d69678cfe908
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2009_4324 heuristic specifically points to a JavaScript exploit targeting a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as is common with this type of exploit.

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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdfx/1.3/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0017_000.js
e4376e922fdb4b5778d4d32a284432b59e6d2169f5c1bf079b4732b218a27501
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x4DA 3050 bytes
js_property_alias_stage_000.js
e7747bd94669494a3c86a0e1b7efa59b05654c77614bbfa508aae1a73dac11c9
deobfuscated-js JavaScript hex-escape property alias normalized stage at offset 0x4DA 2840 bytes