Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65fc06ab7c8f492d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:03:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7771af75c9b22d811cc6ca6b6b1c6fb8 SHA-1: 180382babe9a395babbf2e13dc194fff3ab4af8a SHA-256: 65fc06ab7c8f492dc4ee8994ad97142937ea1342f2621a665175f19d898abbfb
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=h96+pro+stick+firmware+update
    • http://gongin.humenia.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210909172444.pdf
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d90aafc163fc97f160fa427b7dcbb8/kovopepokiwafomopule.pdf
    • http://pharmabiosolutions.com/filespath/files/20210911051820.pdf
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/379465013.pdf
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamazanusukavo.pdf
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/56706975835.pdf
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/wizunazojide.pdf
    • https://medius.sk/userfiles/file/karomugodejizebu.pdf
    • https://tranhdaquyhn.com/uploads/news_file/70930446071.pdf
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/51473963064.pdf
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/xizaruwole.pdf
    • https://takitech.hu/userfiles/file/fexunumon.pdf
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/pivibofewexatewev.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134256e87abd---28561281588.pdf
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/7099852509.pdf
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/file/45535446436.pdf
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgg2losh3qurmht8bvmqgi6d65/pulolukujanezutofak.pdf
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/7975341202.pdf
    • https://mots.alaxarxa.cat/cmsimple/images/file/mixegafuligokowen.pdf
    • https://mallorcaboom.com/res/wysiwyg/file/28974073346.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9b854c403---rimikuzeze.pdf
    • 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_off0000be3e.bin
2956a8dfa14b900a29fd5b87eb9c0c9d3bddfe1d65e4067f1d97733a6effa009
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE3E 16768 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e933.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE933 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001014a.bin
8d2a23f9de0f7aa0519e9db0a315fc57e3e3f86fae62f5017f4c2a1f6cd9990e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014A 11236 bytes