Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55b901740fadf53d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:17:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6be264901dab044de271112cb13db7ca SHA-1: 4621c6b4c8782624746ec199bb5bbe5640818491 SHA-256: 55b901740fadf53df6306916c6f1a7af495385a030f75d5052cd0d9033061d02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thor+dark+world+script+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/83117556292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b498a6a2a34---lutefelunepaniboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18731024654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/41593892663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/82215985532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f16e48dcc8---52036142696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/tivezukikiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c0b3d39f4---maxurabazoputo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mh0id72an241pd17gcrqgos1b6/8002148985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/tobumisurowutunelogeruned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841d0fb5e4f---tajunoweziwudugenatime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/75914196309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/riwoxevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gllbbqspis29an95c3j58a0554/girenasurisebalozamoduvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54015362556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/xobozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/43223438693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/87896822535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/fijibebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juncheng.tw/upload/files/97059434956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/87172518083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_DB726725A7C2B287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/69615421198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakianco.ir/data/image/uploads/news/files/91413310715.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_off0000f10c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10C 18348 bytes
SHA-256: dd61fad333053e6e24126ff5bb73ba5c8e495b64767cd52f0984ab62f619d87a
font_01_sfnt_off00012042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12042 10620 bytes
SHA-256: c4fbd5ae0cbfe59b33338ff317befa304cebc38de7b7828b3c9533eba74122cb
font_02_sfnt_off000138c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1