Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 165e5ee765670c18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 06:10:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8598be5c87d41c96be0a72277b98d153 SHA-1: a9ae384de5c3008742f582d0844fd117014a4932 SHA-256: 165e5ee765670c1860607aec25e5af1c3cf28cd24ec1c34643275f1906183aab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to link farms on disposable hosting. The primary URL suggests a lure for downloading a game, which is a common tactic for distributing malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+game+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/keroregij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/duramedoveguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/74582160904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/sukeduxumafovudafeziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///56520070339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e871d85d6a---65031883541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/81728171193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c08844393a7ce0824371cd5119d3e494/83033365612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kewivinazomilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/58913125366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poletuwofigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shatalarab-llc.net/userfiles/files/vufogalugijuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c50ba4e8de---muxumuwaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30268176455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/72912051209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/30361072124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronikavilla.hu/userfiles/file/40082227346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renteci.com/imagens/file/memirukowutowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonezi.morefriendship.com/upload/files/40271844120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/130915fde6932ec87a13f92f7efa5e37/25138502949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/80848372726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae96296071ca0c25d9685c1c185daff/vetovojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74540387498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhdmptaumegde89t52u0tjqsa7/padepanitidikudulibi.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_off0000b4fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4FA 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 3acd264df93d3ed1e81768e9d45363216a192bbb95be78e8cc57e0bd856889d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDC9 14976 bytes
SHA-256: 597e04ca0d04a2e5a79d838e4abd645c7b0b58c5f896833c865748bd6970a64e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1