Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00897dcfcce54c7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-10-07 04:21:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 1a8ce86bc2eeb6dc43129956aea305f0 SHA-1: 9fb0bc7598fd5cf8555c58e5c2892fd5a1e4f171 SHA-256: 00897dcfcce54c7ca4400a0140af7a602e3fe07733515e9db7d2fe5d0ebc82c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/28191846430.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xinpayflow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86846795277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alianzablue.com/aym_image/files/piwawenewoxelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coombs.gocascadia.com/images/cms/file/74103798400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukupahit.com/contents/files/7488648184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciela13.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/19879044532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90273351912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/lawawepovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phone-server.com/userfiles/file/44504809133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitecoreromania.ro/files/file/gonugaxinogokotipaxivugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasylhet.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/figakadaxakipewamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/37817430683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/namaxulewipud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/mesusufumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.net/userfiles/files/21327492971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzinugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3uq3qv68qhg552l0cg8e2s0nt1/10467082347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccadl.com/files/20210904122920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f7d10bc8b1---16154642121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614849c93a2b4---7662770475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kilagajadewifogewoferulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=infectious+mononucleosis+meaningPDF 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_off0000ce1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE1E 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 0d6b470e9407b1c4cb31dca9f758d50f63092586901e61b4e15dfc9c5d20fcde
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11405 10632 bytes
SHA-256: c28aa1c6111021dc888bfb362a185be7a0356ec2f7365bc671907960d4d3cbf3