Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfd99d7280a5607c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

56.6 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:19:14 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 356f6ad4690e5a77aae75b7236a8029d SHA-1: a451b2a4d147382db03537c2e62bdacc83164269 SHA-256: cfd99d7280a5607c2a7548ba0863b6e1f0d56382773930863ffe673375bce399
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript that functions as a redirector. This script is designed to automatically navigate the user to the URL 'http://searchglobalsite.com/in.cgi?17'. The high confidence ML classifier and the specific heuristic for an obfuscated getURL redirector strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9011

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
a2620a0be21a26956e8296a3c8163c8c260cb6a920586f15a19c6e170ac30940
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xDA40 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_off00001fa6.bin
a315129107d02afa1688d3b2fae696b95d7e58528d1b19e5dcd6f8a90a3951a7
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1FA6 17844 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004df4.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4DF4 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007c34.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7C34 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000aec1.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEC1 18756 bytes