Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b26dafce566db99a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB
MD5: c14752651da3e79e657b5a739ec24198 SHA-1: 268c1fb6edf0b374e551cac88bd3ed66f40bd0b4 SHA-256: b26dafce566db99a9a366435ed57171fed5240d1ace3e224f7b3abce9eca80e5
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. Specifically, the CVE-2009-4324 heuristic identifies the use of media.newPlayer to launch an exploit. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, appears to be responsible for executing this exploit, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The obfuscation and the nature of the exploit suggest a downloader or dropper functionality.

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
2a6a47d49dfcc684b38f2b8e0ce2abb0315a32e72e614a4b3b25a6b4aeca934c
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