PDF malware analysis — malicious · e86fd6df94f15422

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB

MD5: 9296a1db5cfb33590d562a71b7c6b78e SHA-1: 40b3572c5cf89a8fcfbe3b4250b64f67cb3f3759 SHA-256: e86fd6df94f154223a5534c5f99c952765241b28781b374ec9773deaaae992f0

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: 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 vulnerability related to media.newPlayer, suggesting the JavaScript is used to exploit this flaw. The presence of unescape() further points to obfuscated JavaScript code. The primary intent appears to be the execution of this script, likely to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14234'.

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.Exploit.Agent-14234 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14234
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111711_000.js` `ed214d008ca7f8fad0affc792159f2b30ce479dc90c5348e0751937c74ebe0c2`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197	291 bytes
`javascript_obj111712_001.js` `11d1d8ab50d6534c3dc201f39d4b25da3adfdf27f4547ccb042b5cee00a5c7c2`	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 0x508	70 bytes

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