PDF malware analysis — malicious · d95c26c40ce56575

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.4 KB

MD5: cc74bc289cb5c4594725d432eb703361 SHA-1: 3a37ee5bff3c53667caac7a28cb94ce287c82c13 SHA-256: d95c26c40ce565751c1b9ec777e6456acc0446438968b3143990b3c3a06ba5f9

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 JavaScript

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2009-4324 vulnerability using the media.newPlayer API. This indicates an attempt to exploit a known PDF vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript, although obfuscated, is the likely mechanism for delivering a second-stage payload.

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` `02ad4db86ea9c0fdb4dc435224d9d36e6d5dd0197551055ba269181a9f198afd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2205 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `c3df0b6d669953258363ab802ac0d32c63d5685d76eb2e0ad1f70f86b924f691`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAB8	1256 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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