Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04ae32d3fed437a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:50:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4dd60ece884ddb61621685fcf95c848e SHA-1: 95fc11f12af4f2beb8265f4da477287a1b51d916 SHA-256: 04ae32d3fed437a0516db9544579d5082f8f0708c030d60d55878153844c0943
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 delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, aiming to trick users into downloading further malware or divulging sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=text+based+mmorpg+android PDF link annotation
    • http://badgerhillfarm.uk/zumunifexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/jepugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefabosigobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-tos.com/userData/board/file/3430502017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/bofipizarinunojijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtijsr.com/userfiles/file/9816081118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplehelppeople.net/uploads/File/36777652894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/98397360968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/segedoxomanosotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonalezojetedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/23230167579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375412af1fd---2115651271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/73719777289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/72907179154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31479407075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57meippo1nksok9fi7snl66ihd/bulanomuwigobavagefunapol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e00c8eddef---werilefunomovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/43719626237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoquynhhuong.com/upload/files/77955234986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/26758308577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b01a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB01A 14980 bytes
SHA-256: 3708e07ffc19deafeab8db21e58298a6e9a5d07c96749a659a6f384ee80c9355
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000edcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCC 10892 bytes
SHA-256: d31fb2ec40b3e750116c7666276560d6e4672cf6e79c91d03e54332e3bfb9b9f