Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd6b92cf18e74028…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB
MD5: e98254d37d223fa57ff531ae454e78b4 SHA-1: 515751a3bb05a6d34116d2dd5b949423005c7f61 SHA-256: cd6b92cf18e74028e0e52479bb630b6864d906668f70251a64a0438f5b1a7172
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and exploits the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability, specifically targeting the media.newPlayer functionality. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the deobfuscated 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access and further infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
a4ee3c68999cca8988010a40ff72fb71ff5602260f5e4b3a80c787a1a5d7cb92
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