Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4df7e233d497f62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB
MD5: a10a2ecd1c39e6a71f3b03d86e6212f4 SHA-1: 9c92916c9d6672e3a62c9e3f722af05c04a49f41 SHA-256: b4df7e233d497f620d58701db44c0371f68f11257a6d06fa8c4670e4b67be196
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 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 a vulnerability related to media.newPlayer, which is often exploited via JavaScript actions in PDF documents. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely contains code to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact URL or execution method could not be fully reconstructed due to obfuscation.

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
d741c8086bf46e22e5995b66abf9414d952d31871079cba4c59171cd5e9bfea2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
34724b4176b0e989bf73d0fc9ae205c6fc8236b3698a34a94365aab3ab91b629
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 2756 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