PDF malware analysis — malicious · a4bacb5422920b80

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB

MD5: 3ac6e1af88f773de821a97bc1f9b70b7 SHA-1: f1af222431329189a5693225f106ce2968b9b980 SHA-256: a4bacb5422920b8041d9f031d59e974ebd63f0b672bf1b57b2c41dfdb4d43a48

198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a known vulnerability (CVE-2009-4324) related to media player annotations. The embedded JavaScript, specifically 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is deobfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. ClamAV detections further confirm the malicious nature of the file and its extracted artifacts.

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. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `a93a8a5f61d809ff10a9f6ea0be83cf2c8785e4494adf4afb1d65c224577449f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2019 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `6615bafdfca3443f4e226384bdb5b622622cea29fad1cb3aad6a924ef5787e9e`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE	2540 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

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.