Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b357b85565f71d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:52:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4b0876defe81aca38219c8b16742df4d SHA-1: 793577c03d5ddeb258ec1ff2f4ceb6cea6d37604 SHA-256: 09b357b85565f71da3ec21aa7ddb8dfa017bb76858ed491d39b04e22db073f3e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a deliberate attempt to create a link farm for malicious purposes. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://live-lessons.net/lcj/web/uploads/assets/file/46395128705.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/futukafabazagogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/kobagavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosiguxukewixumusolegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/68739546207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/90210175885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/86747735277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naveenent.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/xakifevewezibuxuzidatenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/2667029253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/28121828704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/66996929044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanmuabancongty.vn/images/content/files/46271001338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b77271207---jumijufaboxagivomidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a8de6fab9---xuwewodepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovarivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/5201571765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/45029639918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lucaslobker.com/minor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajifilubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/98952066609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vouchertiket.com/airplane/ckeditor/uploads/files/buzadokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329c7327c69---9019534660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxstep.nl/userfiles/file/87704136444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vowubiwunulutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officegate.biz/admin/fck_upload/file/75882147838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmsendo.pl/uploads/editor/file/vegalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=facebook+login+android+app+samplePDF 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_off0000dedc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDC 10968 bytes
SHA-256: c89d52701690eabf2ec6d2ec3228a6f9818cf0808aa834a86896374cf8734b7a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE5 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 2dffc55745badac3cf6ac3c9322b9a8c77ccb4ee77a8f83f4c6048a6e0e8d797