Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f23207e249e55d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.5 KB
MD5: eeae791aab82e23929522f677dee0dcf SHA-1: 46667fae2e23b968cac41f22ea43807e285ed6f8 SHA-256: 9f23207e249e55d3db6857302115efbfc587996050989274a17ad05cc6f152a3
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic firing for CVE_2009_4324 indicates exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The presence of embedded and deobfuscated JavaScript streams, flagged by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, further supports this. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for this type of exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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.
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
0a325cefa013f0d82c25664ff650f6248752e3703bf299445a144989af74e263
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
630bbd87d4c991442612bbfc5d0e64a58d98100212c3f8e897f80b45684ffd16
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 1262 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
42025b552c7960b53abcd8cd732b01c8d109eccfdfefc352b9826c4d5807d414
deobfuscated-js cross-stage annotation API aliases at offset 0x1E7 81 bytes