Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ef3f05c6a476e85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB
MD5: 7dea874d38c11539de823d2893dc889e SHA-1: 5fc7cec06c5b0b07581e355eec83d46c5873c4b2 SHA-256: 5ef3f05c6a476e85bebc830cefcf8bfc8ef9ba679180a7db80b3c803a3c5911a
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability via the media.newPlayer API. This script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload from the URL http://splo.in/x/p.php?e=8&&. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2009-4324 and the high-confidence heuristic for a shellcode download URL strongly indicate this exploit chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • 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.
  • 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://splo.in/x/p.php?e=8&&

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
c93046dcf804defadc8e9a764def6c9905f3b87837c88dd0559cbda5fc9169c5		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2578 bytes
javascript_obj0008_001.js
776e3a650f23defcde6ed9881b4cb13e27499332a1359bd42dcecf3005744486		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 46806 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

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