PDF malware analysis — malicious · e06db9f9ab244377

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.9 KB

MD5: 0ceb5c798938ed29daece6c55178fc5f SHA-1: 48751de4882dc7dbf1fa9fdb716b74d9d8094301 SHA-256: e06db9f9ab2443775c7f1750b8ca11bac80037147d7f401825c4fbf7f3080514

286 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_UNESCAPE. Specifically, the CVE-2009-4324 heuristic points to the exploitation of a known vulnerability using the media.newPlayer object. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the deobfuscated legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection on an extracted artifact (Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18). The primary attack vector is the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Heuristics 9

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314418-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314418-0
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111611_000.js` `433d6141b5fc932a52d94051061c1f7566cbde37bb51ce636d76e20ed4ab2bf6`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x6B6	297 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `c67b05e4ac83f42e912b54cb398cfe9c8d3461516d8c3fc46c3e932848c313b0`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189	2439 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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