Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 199da5722ece785b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-30 14:23:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: cb9c281cc533b21f4e8c39535183ca3e SHA-1: 8777c219632b563c247cab8d99acd7ae69c10a00 SHA-256: 199da5722ece785b1301871a8c119fb552610904ae562f978869476a572e03eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to external resources, some of which are hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/15404119414.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/20219152019271658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/xasebodolelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76773264662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/68281756564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/dafiluguvivojegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/87074119204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/4347686090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e94de2f5c08925bd98807cfc4496d36/80749223231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fce52cbba---kudezevusubafonasimixozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18699425588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hardlineconstruct.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/64360315834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/zisajezobutijegukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/mevugosigegomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newcityhk.com/userfiles/10218518405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/40377520493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurochen.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/75489172390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowizokijelen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanedantoptan.com/upload/files/15341099952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e8de132477c533b9112c207ce48c5f/76295024738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhnguyenvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/8919110430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/rupanamifolulivolesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/tadolofetevigijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/pufifomowujavutuzawidujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=what+to+do+to+save+battery+on+androidPDF 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_off0000b138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB138 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c94f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC94F 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 4ef1b34ce01ef4d3b48193b97d3f64702a1ee8feeaf56428dfa07a2ba0de9aa2
font_02_sfnt_off0000e193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE193 16340 bytes
SHA-256: 138d8c95c013edc71b4f22c7b96cdcfdd58817d5abe0a96d5d742bd8d3260ad0