Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d566360bc7091cd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2010-03-10 09:45:22 +08:00 Authoring application: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2 (via Bullzip PDF Printer / www.bullzip.com / Freeware Edition (not registered))
MD5: d70b2d8263d2f51528b2024d6f18193a SHA-1: 913b0c7dcb3cf130a0b672428efc5e3132766dd4 SHA-256: d566360bc7091cd6fdfa499039389e29735858bf3378ef6b2b7d819a5fe302d0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and utilizes the unescape() function. Static analysis identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2009-4324, related to the media.newPlayer API, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of a secondary embedded PDF further suggests a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a malicious payload via the identified exploit.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/iX/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000063a.js
f26db2c82c2d69e4383d1256f9badfd2122a3d07cd78402c192a7867ef8d02d9		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x63A 2660 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
42c3f4df375ff6f58ff655cc4f88b5cc28f0dd33b978390db3538684a6219b74		 deobfuscated-js string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x63A 126 bytes
objstm_0023_00.bin
e8bfe65c34a535b0837ce7c541e45b42ab61e1ff13de05788daf7770f9a1ec0e		 pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 23 0 obj (inflated) 274 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000adcc.bin
f19d4911cbc5cdab5396e54ce75b75538db6da0827c5decc1413c4c6549121f1		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADCC 143364 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off000093f3.pdf
a42c4e70735371fcaf834d13dc5609e48918b511524efffabb590be2bbff5bba		 polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x93F3 54940 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off000152a2.pdf
0b1c923c8a0028794f3a3244dc498786746334f394e41678cc58ffbeb707d0a8		 polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x152A2 6125 bytes

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