Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 293a65860e31c422…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:59:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4808a555a462c1d7ee9cfbb2cb0d8a81 SHA-1: 07acd0ec6d476ad72c29f1d8b9564ba78d9d8704 SHA-256: 293a65860e31c42244cd99d6639cd55fbedd471379b69e0a4977f38f7ba17dfb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on various domains, indicating a link farm or distribution mechanism. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coeb.eu/userfiles/files/mamilatisotutofofamuropu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://srs-budapest.hu/uploads/files/13664389369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/32668290638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17701349503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402db9e81d7eb9cee6c321ed70957654/tabirig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/zamukagotizurewoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/xulufujojanega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fodavekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137299f84314---rajerutujorajejova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/36333516386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48150786511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/latumatumonebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaiianhunareiki.it/file/potuwidirakirazeruvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63580447171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/vunegutapifaribagevanitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnm.tw/uploads/files/202109010053502326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed78d17a641438e24974961ef497d384/xuxezejutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momsgardenfoods.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14157588057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/94259476775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/43109862581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aristi-trap.com/upload/users/files/dukovobukaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353c3a81f21---13685961236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/ratilelefikuxofixivabaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe590d8c70---78726865052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bzws.zhanyougame.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26445371204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=cattle+crush+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000b59b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB59B 16372 bytes
SHA-256: aaff9a4f9bcff07d34a9bb88120f1bb03bea1710717dd96d9664242539fb8d0e
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7BC 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 35c08c1efa18764c0b070729123013c56d6c1dd1e0dd37062c00dbb0e2839c94