Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 672a6a93d26e45cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-18 18:47:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e2eb370cbcdb64e79f2184e3b50a967 SHA-1: 7348c24849df0d8e52aedd4f1c6f84203c0305b3 SHA-256: 672a6a93d26e45cfbf2fde95dc913a89ee5233c356d6f612a63b36cd7787032a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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=what+are+the+primary+similarities+and+differences+between+mitosis+and+meiosis PDF link annotation
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742225be118---58935076527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hibertek.com/image/files/20210707_150327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/37286481559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa02ce43362---tenonexesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa16c45df1---burenidonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f59cf6ce2b9538b8259cfecca7dfb6cf/votaxisedupelapozizigaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ccf309e85ce---74137149748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/8143521337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/wixasenibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76q1otrkeddgqdecor3udfhf34/97948167575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/48617551018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/76185344513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083510f220bf---joreluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb3d66d62d---zazaworowivivajulozogasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee29f52156---dajanagorinipexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac69ec9ad4f---ruwabiporeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794370161d3---83472817196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acd850a4c7---61937043731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/risefunazatudagumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/61577287400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/bakusemabozikifarojike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/22346410183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d078a0e63---42401899128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/reburixevuki.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_off0000d9df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9DF 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 1a2341762c51fbe7fb20d6cabfc1342209c980ac1cf01cbef77258fc46047402
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CD 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 5fb8b24cd617315ca28b85615f096179ceca7a3b3934866b4ac914ccb76b2cd7
font_02_sfnt_off00011f62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1