Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9302b9c1ea77c55e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

376.1 KB Created: 2009-07-08 10:53:46 +08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat Distiller 7.0 (Windows)
MD5: 6b460c3cf30da41e4a1e595d5092546d SHA-1: 41ee642874049fc34e59afa34eabe263d7d1bd6c SHA-256: 9302b9c1ea77c55e704c6410a4a794bfe02f0fc45c942366a6186ab3282b50e2
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability (media.newPlayer). This vulnerability allows for the execution of arbitrary JavaScript, which is then used to launch a secondary stage. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of the CVE-2009-4324 exploit is a strong indicator of malicious intent.

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.
  • 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/pdf/1.3/
    • 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/pdfx/1.3/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0017_000.js
f84736c2ad6b55a2cd19591a17b8698db9d6c8aa54560e0a6c7a7272c028dbc8		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x4DD 2948 bytes
js_property_alias_stage_000.js
a18b0afb2f5126a0ad6438c92249070b976ce22ec033f33f6a6c586b288e0e0c		 deobfuscated-js JavaScript hex-escape property alias normalized stage at offset 0x4DD 2825 bytes

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