Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c9e7b0f1f9960c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2010-05-11 15:35:25 +08:00 Authoring application: WPS Office 个人版 (via PDFlib 7.0.0 (C++/Win32))
MD5: 0085f5d7c8cb8f8bde65e80f7383efb4 SHA-1: 93dd6d040c5f39d07ff68ac3dd18884ef5dd9b1c SHA-256: 8c9e7b0f1f9960c685d2bf5cf17a4960688ec2bc58f59455e91782df62bebcd6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and utilizes the `unescape()` function, indicating malicious intent. The critical heuristic `CVE_2009_4324` specifically points to an exploit targeting this vulnerability, which involves JavaScript execution. The presence of a secondary embedded PDF further suggests a multi-stage attack. The primary goal appears to be the execution of arbitrary code via the exploited vulnerability, likely leading to the download of additional malware.

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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000063a.js
447cccb0b28690cfd35e6c7d285b83d1ca96a54fd0f2a437498ab8c6a303cc5d
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
font_00_sfnt_off0000ab1b.bin
abf5a371cd7e8a64c39e8d39357d81ec822d1b898edb42bb7f7e38e1015f32ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAB1B 248108 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off00009fd3.pdf
a41bbb18934c7409de9ce0e60e995d1ed3c3e5f8f5bd98f66c9bfc7006f9975c
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x9FD3 46432 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off00013d46.pdf
0b1c923c8a0028794f3a3244dc498786746334f394e41678cc58ffbeb707d0a8
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x13D46 6125 bytes