Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84d6e4fd7683cb55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.5 KB
MD5: ea1b677cf999657b611bf8cc4d2b2d03 SHA-1: f9034e0a72c2e9161ee5d680cd852a3d3c37c150 SHA-256: 84d6e4fd7683cb55b5a8026af3456a8875e11e9ca0e710e30b650ae0d2138f10
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324, a vulnerability related to the media player API. The JavaScript is obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of the CVE-2009-4324 heuristic and the embedded JavaScript strongly indicate a malicious intent to exploit the reader application.

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)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000063a.js
a1f739532f423a4565ddbac5e111f78ec0ec842986f7de83d4965189ad5ff106		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x63A 2610 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
42c3f4df375ff6f58ff655cc4f88b5cc28f0dd33b978390db3538684a6219b74		 deobfuscated-js string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x63A 126 bytes
objstm_0023_00.bin
e8bfe65c34a535b0837ce7c541e45b42ab61e1ff13de05788daf7770f9a1ec0e		 pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 23 0 obj (inflated) 274 bytes

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