Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c294a90e69d94ac1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.2 KB
MD5: 44b716d29d63dc6cdaaa8db404bf703a SHA-1: 319360b769bfae4716fc614fe5b3881bb2adb572 SHA-256: c294a90e69d94ac178ef844a3e0637b879c310ab5d6f4469fc9cb7045e11c085
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-4324, related to the media.newPlayer API. The JavaScript, identified as legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, is obfuscated but indicates an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams further supports this attack vector.

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
970a589a732d6699a5e2cc8877ed8cb19138df42ddb3965ed1acf8888aec8193
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2205 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
e25eb9dea927fc4a67324232040e7bccd1874be12a367fce24d0ca6ae7a3286e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAB8 2744 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