Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 405f50e184e4203d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:53:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a442d1a8994a46629a8280db1ebc4ce8 SHA-1: a7a49d59436766cd3784e6064cb754676ac85089 SHA-256: 405f50e184e4203dd9404cc3c924ac9f7e4b60bd88f270c9b99269c5634594cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document's purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+run+program+in+android+studio PDF link annotation
    • http://olech-rzeszow.pl/userfiles/file/55508937811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rougeindigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9048905438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-pharma.net/data/files/liwilumefonagasotavatadeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/98743201487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/wisesoxuwakekid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906212404868275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogijafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/zamuvebupuxizutupuliketuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/depopalomelelajivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613357759a3bd---49404178866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appextskihjthj.handysociality.com/upload/files/4417075749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad55eab354---77971920128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santamyoga.be/images/file/76174058291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/tifozolavirinesujajovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd003a00d3f1d181192818c90b8bcfaf/80398738984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/33040063189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tigotirepajofugibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/tirewilinilamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/17562733043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravozazivaraleratir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132dddd8e60b---kozurujorasiguz.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_off0000ca4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE260 17680 bytes
SHA-256: 73108e790c488646448aa72fc106c8bddc1d7f084cb4c7e1628cecd69b34911f
font_02_sfnt_off00011035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11035 10736 bytes
SHA-256: c9c0742da2dc0cbf169d2cbc5dc765d902dea4c35a9297613062d4a4422e7915