Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78a711ff66dc2264…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB
MD5: f9c8cf9828f99c8e616d9cb49fd7c41f SHA-1: 3f2e1e55bf9b5ad5c7931b3b07926ffa785069f6 SHA-256: 78a711ff66dc2264521cb51ad4dfd7fbba66f1a45114a4f7027787916ad82280
310 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript. This JavaScript exploits CVE-2009-4324 via the media.newPlayer method and attempts to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://wavi.in/x/exe.php?src=elewis&id=11123&x=pdf4. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7274685-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7274685-0
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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://wavi.in/x/exe.php?src=elewis&id=11123&x=pdf4

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111711_000.js
ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 291 bytes
javascript_obj111712_001.js
b8a645bc1e95cb1223afa1359028542091899810fa9389ec7c856b9ab98c86d4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x2B2 966 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111713_002.js
d2f98bec78aa096efa5aca99b701d5e6b9a8e2cf728fb7e79bf248862bacf14b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x511 70 bytes
combined_document_js_000.js
8b147519c58397db0e717eb19fb6135fe1f0cb3ee8153452f879a654c527f010
deobfuscated-js combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0x197 1329 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).