Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 397edec97d811750…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 07:36:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7ce93aaa9dc58408d499b54567c63459 SHA-1: c7ed8a55a68644d8a31f6480717baecffc0b64cf SHA-256: 397edec97d8117506f201723b500871667612d52b5bc75a938e310d0e7d74156
172 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. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains and compromised CMS uploads, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bhal+and+bahl+organic+chemistry+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://nguyenxuanhuong.com/upload/files/81777174034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1c897d4ae---12382572251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/74035752124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/39719489820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/bokeravofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/najuligesudaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holland-ex.com/images/blog/file/wosagapuwomijobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f38812c453---gimefiwulepijulepupamox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyd.rs/images/file/89069330078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://londonjip.com/userData/board/file/meriwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329ee035e7c---74392267402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_2A3EB3453A05789B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utcsp.rustyramone.com/uploads/files/zobijatevutaboxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupebelonikimipojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyermekhaz.hu/Content/site_images/files/dirofina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71043125850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b46b409310---55672516288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/dowiterukoduramipiwozetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee56.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danfort.lv/userfiles/file/77379611510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofefinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/982132600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b7964a8589c88deb054191a0137c61/1298303013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/72119370053.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_off0000e2b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B2 11468 bytes
SHA-256: c347a45ac7eacfabb38b177ff0203b9b7fc44ec60b924e6ee4201a8792c7d5c4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001154c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1154C 16892 bytes
SHA-256: b6a2ff1a0c04da4f83dde515b17ad694b5f62a2199079afbc8bb24b7e6e11e36