Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daa7106369ec4acd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB
MD5: 99c0de6927987943227708c35c0e13cb SHA-1: 22afa8c6805cf596870b6f8b11e4b4be97c4e639 SHA-256: daa7106369ec4acd837c7db3a7756d5423fa27c1c9ceccab8ff1fd1f8d983eb4
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical CVE_2009_4324 heuristic suggests exploitation of a vulnerability related to media players. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript streams, specifically javascript_obj111712_001.js, points towards the execution of malicious code. This code likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828991.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828991 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828991
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded 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.
  • 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_obj111711_000.js
ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 291 bytes
javascript_obj111712_001.js
9fd7f3674126dd5bdc7791c2559e52dbfb3cfd1bcd6f8b61df38811987cbd587
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x2B2 948 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111713_002.js
d2f98bec78aa096efa5aca99b701d5e6b9a8e2cf728fb7e79bf248862bacf14b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x509 70 bytes