Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 193e977aba5d4048…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-10-05 12:52:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 14261f523d627a07ea2588452d572aa3 SHA-1: aac34ab26c2ddb735a1cf3f7686afeb71a24d797 SHA-256: 193e977aba5d40481b72293d8ad9d8a550c4d5518950cc03d1d2d6a322f9b191
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external links were found, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/rupozujowimexuxogano.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rlmahtani.com/userfiles/files/11949970516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salespate.com/userfiles/file/zigesojexolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/66185871981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161496ef3c0f94---77964722746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianmailbox.com/assets/images/userfiles/files/76625295226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/11295995901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://think6.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210921150531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/44165533900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenhuffbuilders.com/userfiles/file/71495234840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osteopathe-montpellier-sud.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimuxefabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalwonders.com/uploads/files/golenaxalirumapesarazuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibookingkr.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_498D6F0988585142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/73525998385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/sasudoregulefije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/97541967252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615bbd1cd81ab---lafurerakugeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/tadixowapuropedereki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70226397721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49fa40b3087c433f25e738fcd71e9e83/80865592696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138eabc3a48b---jasiguraroziriwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pvesc.vn/uploaded/file/gekebaxalamozanovefegaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/38708512731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/gotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94966534025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sonnet+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000ddad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDAD 20096 bytes
SHA-256: 408256087d483a3910016928a1feed9c637f56d4c6743042732e03f7fcbd9522
font_01_sfnt_off00011205.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11205 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 7c4cddf27aba06a06df608b3c83b10754020c92d825c147058bfca16e320b8b1
font_02_sfnt_off0001290f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1