Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b821297ce83d927…

MALICIOUS

PDF

197.0 KB Created: 2010-03-30 20:51:31 +08:00 Authoring application: pdfFactory Pro www.pdffactory.com (via pdfFactory Pro 3.37 (Windows XP Professional Chinese))
MD5: d7520d1957d5ef26e068727fac4c4f02 SHA-1: be2cdd5b74d68223edfc226d7c2d4c70f63cc447 SHA-256: 8b821297ce83d927e3ab73fe465149beb64b67d5b2cbee1cfaa4953c84c6a302
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-4324, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The heuristic firings indicate the use of JavaScript actions and unescape functions, common in exploit delivery. The presence of a secondary embedded PDF further suggests a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of malicious code via the exploit.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • 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 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000063a.js
ec2119df85e590d390c6b4323644e3f0acd58e50313801d0b5eb1957b7e45332
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x63A 2660 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
font_00_sfnt_off0000d490.bin
3bac5c0281a2cd2e8671f67d81986280e434f05dfdcf35f70783c2b447147f73
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD490 9384 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f508.bin
e6230e66eb2d32353b3645d6fadb85aad2e592d0cd480dc2c50e789e45fd2002
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF508 7252 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off000093fb.pdf
7c341f30fdb8606ea0954ee8d827e10efaffc6da96061b9547652e0ee9b6f033
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x93FB 163894 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off0002fc44.pdf
0b1c923c8a0028794f3a3244dc498786746334f394e41678cc58ffbeb707d0a8
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x2FC44 6125 bytes