Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdb07715a448ae09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 56d6548e6fb305f9e2db128443881e34 SHA-1: 13a9c0338ea19c2362148a02c75e2420ee0ecd41 SHA-256: bdb07715a448ae09aa22bb967ff0307109af12298e4cfc7febd4055adedce80b
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript/TypeScript

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, including a call to eval(), which is a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2009-4324 (media.newPlayer) indicates a known vulnerability exploitation. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent of the document.

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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0005_000.js
d31be8144a7d4d0dce8b0a8eb75f548706e25d66ac0c0fc142772def2902a72e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x117 1847 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0005_001.js
a4a39a95112adeb7becbe348ae769bf8a4316eb18c0ca19b042a5144275ca0a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x117 42 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).