Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f5db0f189772b2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:10:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6f966dd7e17a8577729e5c6af8d2c918 SHA-1: 95161d94ed47d215cc024c47fc39acadd7a40809 SHA-256: 1f5db0f189772b2efe4f113f50e087221b7414320068b256135ab31ff18eec56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to link farms hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52876903558.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/70270903111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gidivipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/widexibomako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/venumudepixotoxuxogemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/solisolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/59387056053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613067686fe54---82434553605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da13f30437---pewudupizifugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pabojixesusorolututoxuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riondene.ch/img/uploads/file/benetorasinopujajowidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infiniti.e-library.tw/uploads/files/fepabajito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/miderijugijuzutibibonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivatijapan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/54586829597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concilianavarra.com/userfiles/files/vobadotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaa27f6da411991e592921f9a48654c2/95864741760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsfinal.com/userfiles/file/bifaturutugosevezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-labels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vajekefavaduxobunuxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/89607069428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/geremaxorepumijawaxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_A81D4EC248D21C3C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klgd.spokoino.ru/i/upload/files/takudojudodaruxupifuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/vesipaxiradukuxokezeperav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+remove+youtube+from+my+android+phonePDF 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_off0000e5cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5CF 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 02eacc62cc8cc322786399cd7c6c698b575100460fd66a0a70c1c378544651eb
font_01_sfnt_off00011465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11465 11000 bytes
SHA-256: bd3ab02c76946018524360e383375e9839bba0c7f73f1b4fb7b0464ccd577b29
font_02_sfnt_off00012d98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1