PDF malware analysis — malicious · be6102299927be4f

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.0 KB Created: 2011-01-31 13:12:50 +02:00 Authoring application: Spouse Student Loan Consolidation (via mPDF 5.0)

MD5: bfe16066bb55336c07dfb26e4c2e450c SHA-1: 2102a9d2e76f51d90149a718363a50c83c14992d SHA-256: be6102299927be4f88a25c8e16c47da97bedbfec05ed0a46f47ef3959b16cee5

208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes the unescape function to construct a URL. This script then calls getURL to redirect the user to 'http://searchglobalsite.com/in.cgi?11'. This behavior is indicative of a downloader or redirector, commonly used to fetch and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://searchglobalsite.com/in.cgi?11

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0027_000.js` `357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x9436	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).
`javascript_obj0027_001.js` `607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x9436	134 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).

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