Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 490bc84905c57691…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 14:37:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0454b22964dcd5c8f0eb0540c8c75d12 SHA-1: 541d883e61e34bdcf4b4fd912a7e6150f7828218 SHA-256: 490bc84905c57691deae744a0ac8eb8db2379ff4d7a6bcf93963d7410d45d48b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) and the nature of the links suggest a spearphishing attachment (T1566.001) used to redirect users to malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://chanhungcorp.com/images/uploads/files/seroxumak.pdf
    • http://zhymwz.com/upfile/file/76925876348.pdf
    • http://jlicentral.com/images/authors/file/10536834853.pdf
    • http://ilonew.tasksplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubupulomenisawu.pdf
    • http://vinaktv.com/storage/ckfinder/files/nidinapom.pdf
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/87089184327.pdf
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342f7357adb---62440672688.pdf
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75427905390.pdf
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23416279334.pdf
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/98633150573.pdf
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/joribaxegubuvajenun.pdf
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2644d18d0156c2baaa6d2ec234f09cc/42497164154.pdf
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/lanivarojum.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362bd86531b---resoxolegeg.pdf
    • http://twapp.freshkon.com/upload/files/1616606543.pdf
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/56006636350.pdf
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/95443451137.pdf
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/42328860018.pdf
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxojulipalomazaravinun.pdf
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/wevuvuvikoteninematufu.pdf
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/947bd1ed36c4734541f02deb0ce3b90f/legudeloviratixadisilix.pdf
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/61696954293.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=hse+interview+questions+and+answers+pdf+download
    • 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_off0000d669.bin
c79d02eb4a8ef0d85a2d20482a4d9878d051247bdbc0fe6ac4ce4539dd8da38a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD669 17452 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001038a.bin
067adbbe25d443bbc920b9d4c98ad079108ce65b2a02fa2f8ff24edd0b4aa37f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1038A 10880 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA2 16792 bytes