PDF malware analysis — malicious · f179ca0e25dc8b26

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.4 KB

MD5: bf4b9e20c18ed0992c6cadeaa7a77969 SHA-1: ab03294f9cf1f8e77c25f26f35c62ce8e2c1b029 SHA-256: f179ca0e25dc8b26c7ab58ffbe3e9ef683a8baacdf7cdd243308b811b2086735

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript 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 vulnerability (media.newPlayer), which is often leveraged by exploit kits to execute arbitrary code. The deobfuscated JavaScript file 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' was extracted and is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The confidence is high due to the clear exploit and embedded script.

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` `fb887e720de9d5567302263a12fc61a56af10f0e88a3226e07ee30a05ff262f0`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2221 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `c3df0b6d669953258363ab802ac0d32c63d5685d76eb2e0ad1f70f86b924f691`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAC8	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

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