Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 396ee41c4ee253cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:52:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f6fda49f6fc08d82d6104ecac209ba05 SHA-1: 2cf16fa9cb2dded8e4e049b9b1491c3086f561bc SHA-256: 396ee41c4ee253cd113a6889d206451e1d0b7224a59ecc4734016276e0951c41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flow+chart+of+muscle+contraction
    • http://machulski.com/public/file/kaveruvopado.pdf
    • https://ladida.asia/sporlegen/administrator/imagetempfile/83238533918.pdf
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138680ca1feb---76957466208.pdf
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/79743938458.pdf
    • https://sporyolu.com/resimler/files/butukojababelab.pdf
    • http://vektorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/58876585351.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3650cdf41---44624748058.pdf
    • https://myarchitect.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labovizebokopeti.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613306007b88d---vofatudisu.pdf
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pawukibarezi.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5e176151e---8453154636.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130da7c65218---50068884214.pdf
    • http://aotwresort.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21301717301.pdf
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/27117766199.pdf
    • http://www.premiumimport.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borisag.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/wuzimofokurefuvibejafukof.pdf
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/20117084024.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kd89n81udr7i8idsstr1umjt6/roxutiwomosusemoxuf.pdf
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/zenosadipetogabibo.pdf
    • http://goldenstarhotel.vn/images/uploads/files/6211727120.pdf
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/motusikizufiwaxaxapadel.pdf
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/nimafosobepesunufesowuti.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ae3162abe---971538339.pdf
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/21978849762.pdf
    • http://hotelalbicia.com/userfiles/file/1608135646.pdf
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34741326442.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_off0000dfed.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFED 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7ff.bin
782e09c33cdd85399d7cef88dea29feb8e6adc341f51f5dd7e7c3be4df373b1c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FF 17312 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012510.bin
d3fec5b1b4d286cb1343b6b7a70115eb0a5e9012ac99d84ca393efa12ca94f4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12510 10764 bytes