PDF malware analysis — malicious · efce0a92090064bc

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB

MD5: 8e86ec64ca38a2c3bfc023f624d567d2 SHA-1: 43ef6398532971ee60db6763d80497878888ea0a SHA-256: efce0a92090064bc4028c7f6088d64e5a30c6979550bf8a5ba931ff76936b408

226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, including calls to `eval()` and `unescape()`, indicating an attempt to hide malicious code. Heuristics confirm the use of CVE-2009-4324, a known PDF vulnerability, and ClamAV detected a JavaScript exploit. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' detection on an extracted artifact.

Heuristics 8

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 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` `e7d1232c16a6e584ebcad6ed89ed39659361935894de0b1df6aee2e4fe16ce04`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x820	478 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` `382aa66544450b561077773ab28f9a04e008ccf6e68ee054e756395fd7a8eabd`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189	2427 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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