Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 177771e5283d90c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:31:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cf49b01b70f19678289883f7cc4338a7 SHA-1: eb24d01288b16b880b8baafe82030cc96e61dc75 SHA-256: 177771e5283d90c67486d014b930259722a7390240e06f0784bed06af4410ad6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to phishing or malicious websites, likely as part of a spearphishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+watch+raya+and+the+last+dragon+free PDF link annotation
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76001131032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/38844560208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epponline.com/mentorfinancial/page_images/file/35800242716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents/files/vojezopiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/gaxevamixoruwanokisoxete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/getiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekeropusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/47996915029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neposepigatenimipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6svekr4n0jkre8snogft3mj032/fatekagexofenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/31557318566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/mosibujewuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49770067445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/majofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/86306186424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/guninub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa65033bedbede8dfb3671c2363a087b/busejobelidofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/31672685622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328e5e28f70---39672605317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/voxoderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/vawugivitomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/tijefajupitokepamipu.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_off0000cc64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC64 19284 bytes
SHA-256: dba04750cbbf9e460ea42b2fb34a8f663ac6b92a4da8b4d1ea79d6afd53ada86
font_01_sfnt_off0000fed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED4 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 8986411a3a2268dc6ce04db37b1a44672d93f9422c275f1e1a25e76772f31ac3
font_02_sfnt_off000117b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1