Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d09f65b8d9f6a9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB
MD5: e3154502d6b3d09872250b4fca350686 SHA-1: 60cec29263fa18e5736ef0c2a4a674cfd161fc94 SHA-256: 6d09f65b8d9f6a9bab920385ca71236837418a75d12be1b3af8d56c0b7f7391a
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript that exploits the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability (media.newPlayer alias). This script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the URL http://nseleonore.ru/x/l.php?s=newp&&. The obfuscated JavaScript and the critical heuristic firing strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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://nseleonore.ru/x/l.php?s=newp&&

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
aca0bb12c462a5dc834a7131c7a8a0d14cce2d4e479b8aafb6ac4110f4022a89
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x217 3783 bytes
javascript_obj0008_001.js
00753830b65c91c41a38885a9dcf8f52c2c1191d30035b2fe55a16ef4b4cf8b6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x23E 81701 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
d25d4c802e488a26bbca7ee7d2ca95e2dd1a9063dd746985326737a9e7fcc802
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x111A 2586 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 0x217 81 bytes