Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 118aeaeb3282f493…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-10-08 03:56:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 79f0a2d4a1742dd12402767d5192564b SHA-1: 189324e2626d1fcc497e440b1b465ecdee62a8b0 SHA-256: 118aeaeb3282f4935deaaa52d8fe156f70375efaa0ca39a2bac11539681b08f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16294929185.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_8B4E43B7FF500770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabilidadegoncalves.com/fotosempresa/files/pejaraletenutobitibapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/zofupozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lgassociates.in/uploads/2831830351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/velolawozawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpharma.in/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konojubipumumorutoxemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.somdattabasu.com/fckimages/file/vuxufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615d31bdd7dd7---zotabezulobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/mewesejuzobesupawatagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/78520308809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/750f0af3a71132437205b682629aefd1/62095002963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/lubasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongthuydotho.vn/upload/files/rifawaxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markjfox.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10491846128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaidongdo3s.com/images/files/xapisobitufinufezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98764569918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs/files/kimakakabadavibonukevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/18173145694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec1ce5a8b3---xuseposamexokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/457bd86a445e6da99083a69990a2d9d6/forunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chennothinterios.com/uploads/file/70517981007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bipalisdemo.dashindonesia.com/userfiles/files/wonaresujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/volugewunemawupezubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/6425685811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/14178513320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=cancer+oat+cellPDF 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_off0000e667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE667 9992 bytes
SHA-256: 3783e1dc33bb7cc02ccbd5a0cf99dcf3569998f582b0c1483f4b64e50e9caad2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB4 18980 bytes
SHA-256: 87920f97789352badaa3f31c26d0b7b66ca8951ce6d0c3805074faf40f061c0a
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1