Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e654af988c2abe78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.4 KB
MD5: 6e2ae3152d63b61805b4be9e8b413069 SHA-1: 2e5666f7e78140bdae386d49e4aa1b42e12a2e22 SHA-256: e654af988c2abe78ab185acd55ae721698d9972fce5ccf945c70d899a0fe02b2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical heuristic identified the CVE-2009-4324 exploit targeting the media.newPlayer function. The embedded JavaScript, particularly in legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, appears to be obfuscated but is designed to leverage this vulnerability. The primary intent seems to be the execution of arbitrary code, likely to download and execute a secondary 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
4ac3552de73e46b1297b06bbac6684bf9d9eb72bb8ca1a16daa9b720fc0ba074
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