Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00683c238e7594ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:51:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 27bfc425180c7fcdbe7b3db73f7aa5be SHA-1: b52844f606dcc02fc9db2fa5aebf5e0a4deeea6c SHA-256: 00683c238e7594ee594e152cc48532da7bce1190fb327a000ec9b2c39bbad4a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also includes numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9863

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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://novichiha.ru/pic/file/9522211574.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orhs86reunion.com/clients/6/67/6744625166a0df26c7abb40948833271/File/xixasunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/91979127661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/taguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63237128619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f4cae68ce---73289779570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/tebonerezekolukigamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/tulidaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/pidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illinoisfiscalpolicycouncil.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/rakogizepexud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607060a3c0f44---juropubenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944d41b18a7---buruvovagalilabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/35793190582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751715ba676---81505072202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://behtarinekhodetbash.com/files/files/2569784768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bdd0b9404---nesobemotiperesitig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4b044cd61---nezinuzopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/gimagotajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d32m5bjoot7p38neja8et620h/69215248209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6a540fb9b---99624562038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd0576d8c1cc638df1036efcd12dbee/gotafafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/zotawadojejeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/64666299796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd4a471d288b723f0e9d8f0c22084c15/gitenofisolafozunigiviven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46eb0ecceab4768fdad4581e2a423b47/98778672209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094640b95d41---2904326101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/fudobilane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=decompensation+cardiaque+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014b38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B38 17760 bytes
SHA-256: bd27425a4583ca3b85b172e3deb6fe9d697342b023b20159fd2984d2a88db3e9
font_01_sfnt_off00017927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17927 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001913e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1913E 10984 bytes
SHA-256: e34d2bf147928175d2eb97639964ef198cf32527dc26bfa27b4e8bf1d2ea4d98