Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38eefd9d6b44f98d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:27:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 59ee9e230f92bf5d2763b7ff9e065656 SHA-1: d25883c238c3f8079bebc901141b78bc1cbda242 SHA-256: 38eefd9d6b44f98d209504cb6b69c2d537d2297ab524283d3360a70de580cf85
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which appear to be compromised or disposable, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70593043631.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/fewepakaledado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/mofot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/62029162782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilonew.tasksplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29387140103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/81694913070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f454c77c4---70066695860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/serewaxidogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/puzanone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ra7a7p-h3ba7.com/contents/files/68124784143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135805de3f0f---jivamizejavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416256b2ff7---67846091990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/difozodejifufapupixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsankyo.com/Uploads/file/24749611416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameragiaminh.com/upload/files/15956401552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/ninetibekudawefexuwipubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/waxilupenonijewozerilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/73113312435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/pivobegogimofotalaxujobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40baaf11e5cbdd0420edbea4a346ca78/23382072014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/zoxupategafolagin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20467619569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://labelmarket.pl/data/file/29005724181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71623110785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=bts+and+siaPDF 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_off0000d1d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D7 19260 bytes
SHA-256: 957dc8e8d061f37ca7cd0d073b8d99fd8050aa3da428506c744a7152dfe26396
font_01_sfnt_off000102f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F2 9896 bytes
SHA-256: 66ac9c249705d865df27e6ccf687dd8170fe96b7ea58d1f3337a59c302004117
font_02_sfnt_off000118e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1