Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 692eb9c9032a5321…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.5 KB
MD5: 7ad38748fe1330e9caaa5aef06f2db86 SHA-1: 7e2679516cca75a26eb6ea63fcfaec554d13efd7 SHA-256: 692eb9c9032a5321316eab3d2454976f0303db6f3f6dd8cfa8506488c6df45a7
310 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exploits CVE-2009-4324 using obfuscated JavaScript. The JavaScript contains a URL that is used to download a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL' heuristic and ClamAV detection of shellcode. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the core functionality appears to be downloading and executing further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • 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 exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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://gospeltube.com/cache/.svn/.p2/.l.php?l=1&spl=pdf_newplayer

Extracted artifacts 10

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111711_000.js
d03010919e8a8964c7779cb523b91d9bfd13b5333998314c20ce94169c0157e8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x18E 3166 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111712_001.js
0965019894e1fabd9d983d8c2aed262392e2a21c5bd6aef73c0f5a199e72d7fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0xE22 11828 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111713_002.js
a2c1a7a5c70ff2d3e060cb25cfcd95c9d2dc5a002d55462a6e2f295041d8c23e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x3C8C 2361 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 4 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111711_003.js
e368225a494bc0bafced59a7ce57d2f97e96c4d07f2ad7239afaaa32dbf326ed
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x1B2 17511 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 14 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111712_004.js
f9c05b60f790d3b3816bffacd0255ac520bb9da1c5b2b541633f442ab6748aca
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0xE46 14291 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 9 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111713_005.js
afd95b6ec106c570ad89fd47cdd64808f9253c0c41cc7431a6424c9163fa4b3e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x3CAF 2410 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 4 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
14d9d23d619682a659b666d1537fbe47a8cc4db49b0c37d63714847d39b24a42
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0xE22 1080 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
fa44c3a6a5df9dd0c4918db03b8a33dc1e24bba8204a13d66510a81c2b2e6f17
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3C8C 166 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
1c96ee696ace6892c53355b89b1ea96f52cca8e3a6b5b4fe55099399bf524996
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1B2 1247 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_003.js
68e40a1bb4e26ecf90bd7496b4d7c3b0538b837501adfda3341658ef6565e3dd
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array combined decoded JavaScript at offset 0xE22 6406 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).