Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8e5f17744bfce82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB
MD5: 213c634ccebdd86638cb6112f9c3d09d SHA-1: 93d72bb627b73150b919f7305d205c896c22a1b6 SHA-256: b8e5f17744bfce82dc483a5e2f24085c67127cd2ced8d302626b2b6a69445dac
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE_2009_4324 heuristic firing suggests exploitation of a specific vulnerability related to media player functionality. The presence of unescaped JavaScript and the ClamAV detection as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828909 strongly indicate that this PDF is designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828909 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828909
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj111711_000.js
ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 291 bytes
javascript_obj111712_001.js
9373256cdd959f65e6905a1dae849736aed36bbed389a45e434827e54c5a9a17
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x2B2 954 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111713_002.js
d2f98bec78aa096efa5aca99b701d5e6b9a8e2cf728fb7e79bf248862bacf14b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x50E 70 bytes