PDF malware analysis — malicious · adc203a09f11ce95

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB

MD5: 678137c91c8a9b76b63800d34fdee705 SHA-1: 95ab4df367f7af100b51738ac767093ee93d01d9 SHA-256: adc203a09f11ce953b716bd365eec844ce55861c21fc607658b381beefd1f477

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability via the media.newPlayer alias. The embedded JavaScript, specifically legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, appears to be obfuscated but is designed to execute malicious code. This execution likely involves downloading and running a second-stage payload, indicated by the heuristic firing for suspicious extracted artifacts and the nature of the CVE exploit.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `cc4d874775d7a6ecc8570a2598744325f39f7caec1d4cf0fddb473b039960f79`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2578 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `ada8be7fcbbba2749cefe5122fc7e86dce72eb1b6eeddf6c5a324ca92ef02182`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC2D	2546 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

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