Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 386d2aaeae2d6a09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 02:23:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e52cfce9d9fa847be530dfae626cb8d SHA-1: cf7d49c66268fbdd1301de5058273a9ddba987b8 SHA-256: 386d2aaeae2d6a0919577e3853f1e5eea0b631357e9a2c84f925b968267818b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host phishing content or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=b2c+marketing+strategies+pdf
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/kugilagemigojazeto.pdf
    • http://nenayu.com/filespath/files/20210908120843.pdf
    • http://dpnovelty.com/upload/files/fokexageda.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381608e34e2---12973378134.pdf
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/91274496448.pdf
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dametaleduwodusofumateju.pdf
    • http://myslizdrave.com/soubory/39768022057.pdf
    • https://stealthwindow.tw/uploads/files/202109081702468273.pdf
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73722922699.pdf
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35816562085.pdf
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/jiberigajejeretufon.pdf
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/lonoporotonedomodosopanof.pdf
    • http://ormansagszive.hu/upload/file/75438867188.pdf
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/jebuxefogegezilisutiba.pdf
    • https://gad-elhak.com/userfiles/file/61805469643.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138621d89471---66885506288.pdf
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevewumonanizasav.pdf
    • http://juditphotography.com/picture/userfiles/file/32305699400.pdf
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_10588D5F0E3DCCC8.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e332296d3---42372668158.pdf
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/kesomutogulidiruxukudoxo.pdf
    • https://fivetc.net/uploads/files/newuwikeleserezuzexux.pdf
    • http://meghdoothsuzuki.com/uploads/falovejuj.pdf
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392a1cae4f7---jemixupuresilapu.pdf
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/64698100340.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001128a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1128A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012a9c.bin
d022952bf28375481cfe351172e945603ffe916ba625f03bae8f219f4601c931
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A9C 20260 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016014.bin
47eca10f3d8a1f58042b13d64b148ee3c07f7139ae6e631beffd67f74e95da31
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16014 11064 bytes