Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4640ec648c79284a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB
MD5: b65a080ff778584cbf44f5c4be446c27 SHA-1: 0533d7508066f4bef05792bb8a55becac9f24d56 SHA-256: 4640ec648c79284af17454e2e6ae217c13db3ece6d00dad660122418d47380cd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability via the media.newPlayer API. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, appears to be responsible for executing the exploit. The primary goal is likely to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the exploit's nature and the presence of obfuscated script.

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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-19910 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-19910
  • 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
8a75bd4ed04f71fd6517cf4c3601f6f5696a715df13b86b335e22231841fee37
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2578 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
d7155f873b59e589a73c704be477a30cf4921d43cb2c81abc4b0960cad6f3280
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC2D 1220 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