Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ef1aaa862251409…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.1 KB Created: 2011-05-26 16:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: bing.wiki.usfca.edu (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 33cd701dc16270a45b9137979dd9b3d3 SHA-1: 230c1757706836884c0c04ee2b92608f0645014f SHA-256: 1ef1aaa862251409bd0a3ded6930a5246590bd52b04115872e0ed54ec83bffee
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript that functions as a redirector. This script is designed to navigate the user to the URL http://searchglobalsite.com/in.cgi?23, likely to deliver a malicious payload or phish for credentials. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9845

Heuristics 4

  • Obfuscated document JavaScript getURL redirector high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_GETURL_REDIRECTOR
    PDF document-level JavaScript automatically calls getURL() on an HTTP(S) destination hidden behind percent escapes. The decoded path is a redirector-style endpoint such as /in.cgi or /go.php. This is malicious routing behavior rather than a PDF parser CVE.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0036_000.js
10e15f9e8e631690248396d575e9652903435250e89141f7cc58e4b3e9b10d1b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xCC66 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
stream_003_off00001208.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1208 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000401a.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x401A 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00006e5a.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E5A 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a0e7.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA0E7 18756 bytes