PDF malware analysis — malicious · cbe78d58418e8d37

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB

MD5: 73ae34e8633ed469828669d4d3bead2c SHA-1: 20a1ecd85bf0932cad158b59bd7c0591914840c2 SHA-256: cbe78d58418e8d377fc647815650ecb07eaf1301aaef263d85524932e29b023f

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 file contains embedded JavaScript, which is obfuscated and uses the unescape() function. A critical heuristic identified the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability (media.newPlayer), indicating the script is likely designed to exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj111712_001.js' is the most substantial script and is the likely vector for payload delivery.

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. (matched in decompressed stream)
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111711_000.js` `ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197	291 bytes
`javascript_obj111712_001.js` `a741b4f8c5f9b2e150e7f4ffd3bd4d2dd4bf45ba665b3dd918a6b365ff9c12b7`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x2B2	948 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 0x508	70 bytes

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