Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8deba2c026bc27a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.7 KB Created: 2012-09-22 12:17:45 +04:00 Authoring application: Wordpress.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: fa43c791cda2b98acb6f3339b5a0c40e SHA-1: 7968ccf641166d6c9f31a1a4d2c665703053fedd SHA-256: d8deba2c026bc27a3ef5f30887a20b02808c3ed4bddf2ac1777a52ceac4bedda
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript that functions as a redirector to the URL http://globalsearchings.com/in.cgi?20. This indicates an attempt to lure the user to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9103

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_obj0038_000.js
be63095b36d2a7a6bb2354eee6ea8f866bd67eb57984a872fcac65a5a9d7a885
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xD1E2 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_004_off00001784.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1784 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004596.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4596 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000073d6.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x73D6 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a663.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA663 18756 bytes