PDF malware analysis — malicious · d45807134c375bc6

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.5 KB

MD5: 4b7adf09747ceb7edabcc3578c5031ed SHA-1: 44379314e61ecac59648fcd45cbf01ab077f4ac8 SHA-256: d45807134c375bc6971e2f662f37192cd9fa2e8925a16eaa5ac593b409dd7db9

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of deobfuscated JS files. The critical CVE-2009-4324 heuristic specifically points to the exploitation of a vulnerability related to media player actions within the PDF. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `a20f95931f34551fd09489cee7089abb5c9cecd49f69ac2afd10f6ffd0822c19`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2221 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `630bbd87d4c991442612bbfc5d0e64a58d98100212c3f8e897f80b45684ffd16`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8	1262 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

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