Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cafdf8b61010e63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB
MD5: a258f7a5e2603661123197404b065e6d SHA-1: e2b310ca4ea54c1378dfc9b3dd4876752c5d05f4 SHA-256: 4cafdf8b61010e63c67f794491298f08720e2999981b217f907099b15da75f3b
78 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 and the presence of deobfuscated JS streams. The critical CVE-2009_4324 heuristic specifically points to the exploitation of a vulnerability related to media.newPlayer, which is triggered by the embedded JavaScript. The deobfuscated script likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
355c151483be6b7f05a4188d53c009c4f9875591befcba7bc26e2b94a228089b
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