Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96689d05ab07f474…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.6 KB
MD5: c15d3230ab9a263c830fc7f6eb321051 SHA-1: d70b40861020510dae6a24c622aa22602ae6220f SHA-256: 96689d05ab07f47484b17e4aa564c4ffd4c263d495dc66546dd9aaa05ac3c58d
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the unescape() function and exploits CVE-2009-4324 via the media.newPlayer object. This indicates the document is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from a remote source. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests an exploit attempt.

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. (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.
  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0052_000.js
45fea71ee6347153ec3719ebc3910509cd6fa568f263c29e7474c694308f5c7d		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 52 at offset 0x3F4E 301 bytes
stream_005_off00000b74.bin
e4217c167299ac63f64b8b7e903cc0196f0828693d273431b8b793a12ed0fed3		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xB74 1000 bytes
stream_021_off00007a34.js
e86ce5793416ec8297ee004c24956cc5daa08095e492e1f2609b91f1b2c7acdd		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x7A34 2538 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
stream_024_off00008f52.js
4a4780e514b586999b82ae6c0ac12ee784446b04673c3f4944a4f7fb854663d7		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x8F52 2536 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
objstm_0053_00.bin
f9797d0fa28384c30d8bf1da89163104ce539753e417fa1f9c5fd135d1eceb39		 pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 53 0 obj (inflated) 50 bytes

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