Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 083727bacfa72e53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-08-29 04:23:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3a8a501a7c5a8c4d2f0fda33cc487e2e SHA-1: 5ec62e899e3a6a10315ef3c96d91bedf16310da5 SHA-256: 083727bacfa72e532e85cfab2c6f50034aa63fa0a05b35025afd69fdf3052ed8
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which form a link farm hosted on potentially disposable domains. The heuristics indicate a high likelihood of maliciousness, with ClamAV detecting it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of urgency lures and download buttons further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/21876691704.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/neretafikabumametemoxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mldinsaat.com/image/files/jegikoxoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorod-r.com/userfiles/file/razuvugufogafugube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paniguvuxutanedamevema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhakhoaanphuoc.vn/uploads/files/sukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4973c0097a---80416589784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/9829960826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/toditojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafepiolho.com/uploads/assets/fovosatepomigapikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/25566262679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/25638718728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/lepozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/sexezodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfci.com/userfiles/file/nobegalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anadarkogomezfamily.com/clients/7/76/76920377ef4e0cfe2c6e77079a05cbd4/File/nukubewinegugerupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce497c474c74c4b31bc754723b9cc8d/tabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/74174044428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fm5ne91g5lb6u47pfl1dov7lkv/25677057500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afurg.com.br/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16849624186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c926b763---labimenogepilaworitivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3958514587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq42l7jo2legeh9t4rjrqmbfp0/79274086182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipoxonuwatogani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=hsc+commerce+question+papers+with+answersPDF 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_off0000d4c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4C3 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 204b1985d74ceaf605eb77fc780da67e31ff9882134748476eaff79253edac35
font_01_sfnt_off000102f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F4 10916 bytes
SHA-256: e9e32e470ad1a92a3fd2fd16d35cdcf4083d2ec9a44615b3ca17967928c5cce8
font_02_sfnt_off00011c0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1