PDF malware analysis — malicious · ec4c04dd56e191e6

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.5 KB

MD5: 866bf07174b2e601791f0b07ef5c58c4 SHA-1: 42033e8448c7dc963ca1fe18bd27620839e5026e SHA-256: ec4c04dd56e191e6524b5e91bfb03362f8f732fa9b18981fe528a9a0b0c64696

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'. The critical 'CVE_2009_4324' heuristic specifically points to the exploitation of a vulnerability related to media.newPlayer. The embedded JavaScript, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is obfuscated but suggests an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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` `fbe89f0911f2adf4dcb3a73fe5c00eeb1708e722de40f2b26dfd6edfb69111f9`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2221 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `630bbd87d4c991442612bbfc5d0e64a58d98100212c3f8e897f80b45684ffd16`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8	1262 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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