Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 417ba1e2a1a1b1de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:35:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7457755dc5b22465e33c187d0de09180 SHA-1: 2e67dbd75d07c8772b05eb17acd08ee7cace71c5 SHA-256: 417ba1e2a1a1b1de01203c5dd2ba34a14bb8a06ec0b956edd2a21dfa0d86b71a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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 http://zoscm.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13801147477.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bakcsocvde77ffebd474euptmn/44631877791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b271a058a1a---buvitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/27018680170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/47545426813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a287973d3941041f916d49a2749155ff/27185904326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210809_FB14F788533A316D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/bijugutez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/2742512866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/89933853226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/447c8362ed9551fc0a5a144ef4ad77a3/wusodubureruweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/49064777399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/809a0e14a47d49d3e8d60a6949d98ee6/sebelodokikazubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/1210296250611a7280bd858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/xakafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b1e54a53b5345464d2d0a361de421a/bobomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostrojar.sk/UserFiles/file/69494513056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2res1tnequp52qh2cfc04jbna5/7618183555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubedotipokiziwuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/98200720553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/jepuxepobujakowimuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalfurnish.com/userfiles/file/30315001807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/nizulukemumijagotire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49000066938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcemejg8r2mrol3elcbr6kj2e6/kizukujelilixatamuzabalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=15th+ntrca+syllabus+2019+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bfdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFDD 16220 bytes
SHA-256: 27be6dad13d8a6341d10947f3f98b0df1170d7caa749147ed953695dcdaaaed9
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B4 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 081f2d42a50c8e6d2046aa3ad2113b37e91c321315a930b631e22a4a252b6b54
font_02_sfnt_off00010362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10362 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00011b79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B79 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 1189b2838a42cdfdc06d307878e220c6c46835a43596e27ad58e6ec398d8c2e4