Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f05cbaecee08f8b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.2 KB
MD5: 8ec848db54eb4cf4c4a242fc9f923fdd SHA-1: b816b7bf983739d9a996e20403387b5b7432a330 SHA-256: f05cbaecee08f8b7bf5891e9f7ccb96b15d7fe046238ea313421352fcff20536
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-4324, related to the media.newPlayer API. The JavaScript appears to be obfuscated, but the presence of the exploit and embedded script strongly suggests an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload. The extracted JavaScript file 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' is likely responsible for this malicious action.

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
19d26fd93f1c2e43c435f218a59a01923716b26165521b27d22ffda66ae2b9fa
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2221 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
e25eb9dea927fc4a67324232040e7bccd1874be12a367fce24d0ca6ae7a3286e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8 2744 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