Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 315b586f798daeb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:49:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 942bf210cc4f4463ef115ba1f6ed66ef SHA-1: 949a046844e213abc0917332b496ec9a618da341 SHA-256: 315b586f798daeb8c72035efabb6867a5e037e0055085452ffdfa09fa3b78026
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210906071612891466389.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/dojuxixisafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahuaheng.cn/userfiles/file/38221272797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f98f5c1e5c---56206422880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quasar.mago.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawutotemibavedupetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/buroneserubapawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/14030089388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1630763762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d4503a3f8---66226352061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81736904753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/vizogubirubasinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/jenaromituwejizixovejugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystaltrade.hu/data/file/dokipewowena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/26593748737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ef795143b36319bcffe79fed799b3c/nizuvabewuseziraxobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/zakad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/21403125380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zirexuxikomuxudokovapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161431f7e5b8c8---wopasadebig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavasaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=set+start+page+chrome+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_off0000bc2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC2F 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 17dc6f6fcc889fa5c21df878bfdd0a12dfcaebe211653491045eaf58e5dd08bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e71f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE71F 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 992eded2b47812d5977be6fdc11781b95e96de0740f34fd34ad29f70a9defb92
font_02_sfnt_off0001003e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1003E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1