Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 194bbb2dda7839d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:08:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a2cb0b7d964a361a74b438021409fb94 SHA-1: 08d9c684eb410aa6d4554575a2132cc3facfcfb7 SHA-256: 194bbb2dda7839d03a4cee45b7026bad597b7ba0d82e2dd092a59127690dbba6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lugarno+post+office PDF link annotation
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/38198249665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents/files/57841803601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021090711060123709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/dodobukekirukilejazivupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnvvr.ro/userfiles/file/metosunevon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/95324174392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/26757617070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c877489e5caa724a360bfe9fa369dae/76942810368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17965130165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirinthepgroup.com/userfiles/file/nebosedupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaisar168.com/contents/files/63615817937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/20390313626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/12345049189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebookmarkcafe.com/uploads/files/xoperuvunupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsst77.ru/upload/files/35983012222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livnica-metalurg.com/images/pages/file/82295214910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/vanaguvebivejisugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b78e5373d1---33407842981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/2924204360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400a64a28e4---95834085521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/xejisagegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wumag.pl/userfiles/file/mapozomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/zotiganokusuzukun.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_off0000f6d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D4 17688 bytes
SHA-256: a4b446b28d8b0ddcd3ba773e46e8a1bf82ec09c36b52a859b7405ef24d88f847
font_01_sfnt_off0001246b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C82 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 49c6712ad0db040c83d3cecaab047e829fb21a1f3ce54042874d975a75333871