Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 acdda66da18bb580…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.5 KB Created: 2009-07-08 10:53:46 +08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat Distiller 7.0 (Windows)
MD5: 2018df3e677e0c93bf4d3d267adbc6ab SHA-1: 10e7b9481539bcc4a115c04ddd93578a66e5ee91 SHA-256: acdda66da18bb5802c5b95764a4ec5e884afe618c5e9c97687784490d1717f41
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2009_4324 heuristic specifically points to the use of media.newPlayer, a known vulnerability exploited via JavaScript within PDF documents. This suggests the document is designed to leverage this exploit to execute arbitrary code, likely for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. No specific family could be identified.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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
4fca79cd30d80cf3472f33bb0c0f86e5752b640e2a0b1bb35ec5df77a519463b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x4DA 4380 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
js_property_alias_stage_000.js
b4a76081ac802f49f0ca7ec09f3cdc28e11802afe3dbc6700f8de52754770c35
deobfuscated-js JavaScript hex-escape property alias normalized stage at offset 0x4DA 4068 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).