Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bcf164ec3fe672d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB
MD5: 82ca9fa745996935a6903868eb0859a5 SHA-1: 27ad96da3ca54915c4e46c509aa735e06ef48c1e SHA-256: 6bcf164ec3fe672d3f29680fd05fac74654384c9430c46a0ff6fd0a4a948aafc
270 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF sample contains JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324, specifically targeting the media.newPlayer functionality. The embedded JavaScript is designed to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://edsmt.com/new/post.php?e=8&&. This is further supported by ClamAV detections and ML classifier flagging, indicating a malicious intent to execute arbitrary code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

  • 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)
  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
  • 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.
  • 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://edsmt.com/new/post.php?e=8&&

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
12f2c9707497062cb07cf5419584cc4c50d8991facc6b3574051fe35e5f0e4d5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2019 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
javascript_obj0008_001.js
ab23ee69aa9dacbf6b487802fc118c5e10223b29c8f526c05ebee879628c794b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 40427 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
6615bafdfca3443f4e226384bdb5b622622cea29fad1cb3aad6a924ef5787e9e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE 2540 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