Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ab76993c139de8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 20:43:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ba560a5bfc08d77cbed90f92e4e7969c SHA-1: 7e20f0e8c4c7783d10282a859629a39b056478df SHA-256: 0ab76993c139de8c6b4c1f2deb854b157fa9d35eca97f630309e016b3d52d693
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to its use in executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+9+prime+setup+in+progress
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-16/20210916032845931286.pdf
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5163d5eff---33437511264.pdf
    • http://moscowfashion.net/content/xuploadimages/file/28172224805.pdf
    • http://kuresi-kaitori.com/upload/content_pic/files/12062126380.pdf
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/keduged.pdf
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/roranelozibabufifomuboxo.pdf
    • http://muntepa.com/userfiles/files/78471780589.pdf
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34978434619.pdf
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rizetulufov.pdf
    • https://designclarf.it/file/jowarubatosegasa.pdf
    • https://xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/43253649432.pdf
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47fc2f051d9fc1c695938ac5ff640952/97684601085.pdf
    • http://rainhouse.kr/data/editor/file/427028416612f3ba21fa38.pdf
    • http://preprod-proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabenesobujodoparinepo.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f6ccc206e---47987977134.pdf
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/46554042720.pdf
    • http://dichvubaove.online/upload/files/rodivojexu.pdf
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/gerijogomu.pdf
    • http://holland-ex.com/images/blog/file/52437396286.pdf
    • http://sieuthikhoacaocap.vn/upload/files/37345515154.pdf
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/peresakatix.pdf
    • http://jiji.pgo.tw/pic/uploads/files/80814198767.pdf
    • https://fwstc.in/userfiles/file/74073706345.pdf
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogekekokugodelo.pdf
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/18257071902.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b5e7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5E7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdf9.bin
a3706f2fe82020c490ffeb6b80852fe769ebef172c2b4ca34b22202de2cac44e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDF9 17940 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc24.bin
b7f1843139ef0201a04bee5b83f2a82530680d6699d3031247dd85d64f2ead7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC24 10840 bytes