Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8444eb95ca7a7bca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB
MD5: d17fd352e8d68889bffd9c893554df54 SHA-1: 69ba774239650ab1774f115ac63e896ab25f6cf8 SHA-256: 8444eb95ca7a7bca5fd2cb54a6cbd9f3907c2a13ffb7730bb7652552fa87c317
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical finding 'CVE_2009_4324' points to a specific exploit targeting the media.newPlayer API. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the deobfuscated 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is designed to leverage this vulnerability. This suggests the primary intent is to exploit the reader to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 4

  • 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)
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
14b243f32b120b86896416bcd9feb0fc14edf8c12f35aed6b9ef29d35a99e700
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2205 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
34724b4176b0e989bf73d0fc9ae205c6fc8236b3698a34a94365aab3ab91b629
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAB8 2756 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