Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6a6bbee736474114…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.4 KB
MD5: fb8149ba1693c9802ebe7df626c1d365 SHA-1: dd4d8684095a4d4d71623b48ab62f7c77e52ca5b SHA-256: 6a6bbee7364741149dfc3f8da0e277f38a20c045bb6c79ee338c3cedff12e8ad
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324 using the media.newPlayer annotation. The JavaScript is designed to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://gwraddkkda.in/new/post.php?e=8&&. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of shellcode download URL confirms the malicious intent.

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

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
c544bd9567ab1e03bf52f2ab5a70844d26c3a1f2a4de5b8eb51c7dda2ca70933
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
javascript_obj0008_001.js
912b0f56016618b0cc5bc11b4c818a0049f120f94e1a5b966ab23500dd374d77
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 21369 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c3df0b6d669953258363ab802ac0d32c63d5685d76eb2e0ad1f70f86b924f691
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 1256 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