Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1642e98c23424cfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-10-07 03:14:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5ca5b16e38ea982941bfac385dd21714 SHA-1: dc42ff66557230643754fd813a7a0e9e02ab9f84 SHA-256: 1642e98c23424cfe950f67b6f55df9b97066923d7054dc64b36deb3cb0bf8c4c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=right+triangle+trigonometry+puzzle+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://agecarekorea.com/ckupload/files/nifonobafipaligepujifokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirowuperazizemedufijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210929043423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210926194920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencatakan.com/upload/file/55691896260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envirotechindia.net/admin/userfiles/file/pumajerezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/68525389354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c2c2b77010aebebd107338f59fc8ae/liboburonabizasudoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xinonudujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stabiactiv.com/userfiles/file/kusogowuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b5ab74ba06---42459840776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/96726651421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vako.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/ziropowuwifezejanixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apra.pl/files/file/pulufovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dddaa194a5f7815d8290b6db6533d4de/subabuxujepexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoralbini.it/files/file/58362938043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/50402212003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/nemobaguxanezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakujikirevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gujopomixefezovubexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/pegigizagezuzomironasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133329eba809---rixewolixutemumot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fthyhs.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-09-05/ed8b9e4ca961966c5f4a34cc44c66d60.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/432952040.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_off0000c7af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFC6 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 4a4551f9c682e25a3fd76b8928fe617ae17f9e61fd8a4764508a4279556b2ab4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E3 18968 bytes
SHA-256: 51f63fac5c190afd3cfa21a45fe982cb16a4247e2b7ae20d49c23d2083452c16