Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 396c61dc858771c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:01:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 759a49880c2d482aec05b12c21bf7352 SHA-1: f12da96eda9b7b7eb503a30156e90d4f17edaba9 SHA-256: 396c61dc858771c5777bfcf54a226e591e8a26fd2f8ce053b499e73ee4d0f704
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://thietbidienmanhcuong.com/upload/files/kusujilakisuvewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7961bbc7b94ddcf06a7a2b5615e6faa0/94561713925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///dewifiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f94861afe---pumexigumukepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.com/beta/assets/file/93262148412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f2c7d9f8fcbd46a2bbded648f31aab9/79226269873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/55911838807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starsunited.at/upload/files/80406420342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/24844245354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607064dc0ce92---89038586909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-summer-courses.eu/upload/files/bifibanirunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0c8373ba4---bixixalawananinafopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b7d7755e32f2af63177f87692f4b06/56499324636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/77857575895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kusowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlp24jnnhqkvms1mplvatvr0i7/68210939960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2ded779afe96c1d939e67e4f4134e31/vuxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813328d8ca5---17140122925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8384bd206---najupajedovajoduruxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96f7bce4d4c7854e49756d83d56aaca/dubisuzozodujipowudadaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/dumidubugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/zipegakewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d698c3220cd4626c7ed9ae467bcc5602/72811044236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22433af7af1578f7058deaa43278208d/mokuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04b470fd29---72601991863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=free+robux+hack+100+realPDF 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_off0000eb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9E 19372 bytes
SHA-256: 241d0ea0fa55139d3dec988b3c131f99d8269c6056fb026d286939738419b83e
font_01_sfnt_off00011d15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D15 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 70880c58e4cd71af072677f909d1136a6cc281d1474d491e1446399620639bf3
font_02_sfnt_off000134f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1