Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 336a55f5a8fe4ed9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-10-04 11:49:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: bebdd7606182d22fa81c7cbd1a029813 SHA-1: e6ac80ca563cd65e7b2ef4f33519bd0b73764669 SHA-256: 336a55f5a8fe4ed90619f17c0e5d17476b0ae31e9062885285fc33265adf545f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=damian+walsh+barrister PDF link annotation
    • https://epm.jot-solutions.com/files/10235119466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanapanadedobetalikibojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/bolomedizizejoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theaterbuehne-schwandorf.de/userfiles/file/bavivenufonoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b74dbcc9a0---11771078627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g33lht57bbr8mmtp8uv7m44fu6/512987079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bipalisdemo.dashindonesia.com/userfiles/files/5603488148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colonia-hausmeister.de/uploads/files/22630474248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/rukifujodixovoxavotefenak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zehanbiopharma.com/upload/files/39462817140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/94954214071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/zudolarukonanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akilciilacdernegi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27280937261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiss-ex.com/images/blog/file/rejiloxisovirimawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefifunivimaburagureluzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/41668933547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kettosallampolgarsag.net/imagini_ws/mapanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400ebba3886---vuvolidewefavekad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210908230023_9g6m24.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/revezavikuvaxezujezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planbmedia.hu/files/78088311914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dee1d2155b9e10b212547737e4fbcd25/nebikefabemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonhanint.com/uploadpic/sun/files/202109080317552922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://un7un9b3rl1pa7-99.com/contents/files/21277481696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsedupatti.com/sbsedupatti/userfiles/file/pupexetiwajoroweka.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_off0000decb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DD 19964 bytes
SHA-256: 75aa4cc18c5f692df1bfec0d96e3657c8bbd69137a79b148004ce93f16f3ddd3
font_02_sfnt_off00012ac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC5 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 3cbd22840b3ef3c7a045001e2b3810be9530366c64877e10e0dac85553e9cfbf