Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 400292da9916a310…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:24:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ed357669b61ced8dae7756a199178f68 SHA-1: 834e985024be601430cea4bd14d08e7935bdcdc9 SHA-256: 400292da9916a310c3d827c0db722425bd0c95a8f02fca2dfa895fb3e2a5cbd1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports the malicious intent, likely to execute malicious code or redirect the user. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nursing+research+lecture+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49090953684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/gifuderavibezokafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/bupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5059fafde2adf9595d8b5588cc9f2d40/43529807014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/61860552546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/vobipopib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bfbe24328---paziret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyuco.com/uploadfile/files/20210808_025040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52876859843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabbleanddesign.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/mijebanesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodermclinic.com/file_media/file_image/file/xekisekidilopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/ramez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/zisuvoxusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f486bfc2ff4ffd095c166bd729eba6f/wowuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/zelajuribitewajanawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdfae4a9e28eba956bb7fae4e82911e0/tamugejafowopipulomakuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca915e1ce0---32528654456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f9be36599b415739628742e4342ed4d/subupewovifuvejisilim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/26292702483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/fikusutegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/morufesikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/bumijopavigomokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99450324169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/dumogujudi.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_off0000e873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE873 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 2aa9b419e8ffc1349afac47153b591a2a2201556ab2ee681deeeb34e7ffc9c89
font_01_sfnt_off000101a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B9 18640 bytes
SHA-256: d67ac3d34c65b446df540667754b4c673a3e2062cebeb1cf789e541c8d7f9476