Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4a64504750ed387…

MALICIOUS

PDF

320.2 KB
MD5: e5f9daa9e4ccf3da1216b67c90431a43 SHA-1: 90f4d41d88607873778179423f39daf7faf73d34 SHA-256: f4a64504750ed38711fd67731dae577f2f95c6f83d72aa4a0f30bb5c6f3fc256
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical finding is the 'CVE_2009_4324' heuristic, specifically mentioning 'media.newPlayer', which points to exploitation of this known vulnerability. The JavaScript likely serves to download and execute a second-stage payload. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript and the lack of specific indicators for a known family lead to a moderate confidence score.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
7165d2c38e5a1ab05a7380812b7e5ff33a89a0529db241d4ba714f7ee3a59232
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x37B 953 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
59bbd607f3c2b5ec03961a94020c40651447df0ffd2415991ac82f905c02f53d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x37B 196 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).