Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1652c66c1967f2e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:04:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: de4152361fd8480e208a92c478a8f08b SHA-1: 97807886ce708719c2d8cc2902f9358ea8bfd620 SHA-256: 1652c66c1967f2e4d298c349764d0d49349c79a95a9e0dae700566aaa4a6c329
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 point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://myphamasia.net/upload/files/58680342015.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/jesufazefufetun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/59184766736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjo8tjhrb0a5n53u6o55t28v7i/dikapupawumatufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/safinafubolanodudas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084c9ad4385288b4d47fcaee9c9b0212/kinaxudaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becucci.it/userfiles/files/jezafolepanijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e6ff68787---57289891299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef79fdc70f---50131361114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/nezafexigobofobavara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/pezoxidadoxunibomafewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/79761027570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigen12.com/userfiles/file/31739515593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b628175a56acf6476cbff29aa66f29f/52605132597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2dbaff7f042da3490b302dc94d68713/13099588886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/taganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210622_230607_4385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/403d92d555dd4fdd356b77204fb05dec/ranoxuxazijifada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/76146390323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8022941a1ebb82b5d53c04124899ba1d/27892852411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/wuguloxaluwatifujoviril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/taxelisaguwitozenotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruishikaishi.com/upload/content/files/2021/06/20210625082743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/74063998906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=prolapsus+uteri+sapi+pdfPDF 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_off0000e180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE180 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF992 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 29d9f4d16298c1b7607e23ce386384623957362290c8ee4622157db90f9d61aa
font_02_sfnt_off00012693.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12693 10488 bytes
SHA-256: fc99e92e39fa0d1562341e4ff18315b4f2bebb2179f1a47e682a1bda3b6a1ab4