Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 715535979e4aa687…

MALICIOUS

PDF

19.9 KB
MD5: 5af6658d5293eb6b829318b4a650fd63 SHA-1: e96275ce2079a835078fcdf042a956561faf17c6 SHA-256: 715535979e4aa687d4280f1fbe21b5625260a51193853f4128eb484223c8374e
310 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that leverages CVE-2009-4324 to execute code. This script is designed to download a secondary payload from the URL http://gospeltube.com/cache/.svn/.p2/.l.php?l=1&spl=pdf_newplayer. The use of eval() and string concatenation for obfuscation is a common technique in malware delivery.

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
b8230f0edf36a0eb1e35cdd2dd1fd2bb55fb6b34b531a2925401adb1a3b69051
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x18E 3069 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 6 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111712_001.js
e573dc3b1ae9fd0e8aab9126d5376f05e9a6939bac14515ad09d1d5a3ca75d23
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0xDC1 14312 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
dd8973b058852450fa0580da5278406f60e4521c5e7d8b623d1dbdadd76673b8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x45DF 2438 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
56fede05a088ef58c03887b66fcee5857a87fee216474773609eadb188b0a323
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x1B2 19975 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 15 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111712_004.js
291a8560ec974a15ca3c7b409ddee5eba95a5796293a1d7f26167397539d4871
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0xDE5 16852 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
fa719a55f193480f54ff66983e6759d56f71c7e03fb405d45f080f518a126d3c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x4602 2487 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
3cece914b914841a8b17f6d40f0553e78ef8ed60e76aa68605abeae7e560099e
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0xDC1 1081 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
5091795dc7dfd1e269d30a5ab394f1536cab6157b0cb74b7e26a9fdc9129a46f
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x45DF 165 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
1dfb63d6563c97fb7a5713e4635fae68858ca28173004803951dfead55419e71
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
9e41d3ab6484c6022ffabcb2d509e740e628b4e880860a6fb7a935a8e066ff95
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array combined decoded JavaScript at offset 0xDC1 6405 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).