Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89058808dd550202…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB
MD5: 2d4ac3e8e6034a3b9a88653dcc9c9613 SHA-1: bf6ee7218d45a79a466c6f9bb629425b4342dfb9 SHA-256: 89058808dd5502027e83679d0f00c56172989cdcc722e0856b0c8b502c8a8c33
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is triggered by the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability related to media player handling. The JavaScript is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the specific exploit identified strongly suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 5

  • 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)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj111711_000.js
ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 291 bytes
javascript_obj111712_001.js
b8b5528b0b3f6c5ff95a34d0a36151e36d4f7c27d016d361feb10680c8b1f00c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x2B2 948 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 0x508 70 bytes