Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6042ecf3bf67d4da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.5 KB
MD5: 9ea97fa6e2147bab0004c93207dbd362 SHA-1: e155ed2fe37afd17c7b5f75dccb7d8ff931993e4 SHA-256: 6042ecf3bf67d4da9a9b89f3f3f4a55a2338d0ca0e8e7f5ae46ccacbc75a73eb
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability via the media.newPlayer alias. This script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the URL http://anilistico.co.in/new/post.php?e=8&&. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the combination of exploit and download URL points to a downloader or initial access stage.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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://anilistico.co.in/new/post.php?e=8&&

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
2bca56b25d21034cb5f42f00d6cf64c583cdd186bba1de0466bc2faaef3529d7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
javascript_obj0008_001.js
8e1cdc9e95027a9e03606c124f898b582c7e4c8b399ff7755e8fde67f7a33db4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 21459 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
630bbd87d4c991442612bbfc5d0e64a58d98100212c3f8e897f80b45684ffd16
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 1262 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