Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7c5ce75530560e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: 94c4d08365ee924b171dd4a77b6f21b9 SHA-1: 3a73db8ccce88ac5c7b3dce2fa5e68b9b9f99ab0 SHA-256: f7c5ce75530560e6fa942f795fd0619e469c377143d6fba3d16a68cf1552dda5
178 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 (media.newPlayer). This indicates the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to run malicious code. The embedded JavaScript, though obfuscated, is the likely mechanism for payload delivery or execution.

Heuristics 6

  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
0272fa25a5be7176c96f5fc3ad42c9236d9c147f6ee56716800dc5f9cac99a99
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x195 2411 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).