Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5d5bee69b42b030…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.8 KB Created: 2008-03-03 17:06:00 UTC
MD5: 45a257e9306edb4e141f31e314d1c5cd SHA-1: 72af8e8051269d5820f060bd9ed0aeee5187bda9 SHA-256: d5d5bee69b42b03018e653e1f81aada37d8bf5ab0cfbeca2129c8e2d27efc98b
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-4324, indicating exploitation of a vulnerability in the media player component. This suggests the document is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening. No specific malware family could be identified.

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. (matched in decompressed 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. (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/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objstm_0023_00.bin
a8ae5782d4bda67f769039360ac952b75b2fc35dbe59db420533f2e2bbd9095a
pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 23 0 obj (inflated) 274 bytes