Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 679eabf46d4dab10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 17:17:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: beb01dae4b69fb56e40f12ab91532268 SHA-1: b9f1c664de363a5e816c2393383164e6fa05fcb5 SHA-256: 679eabf46d4dab10a8082d993bae010da8f36676554a56980548d0a3032301cd
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed to redirect users, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests these links lead to malicious content hosted on compromised sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dj+song+malayalam+mp3 PDF link annotation
    • https://maffart-guy.com/userfiles/file/45299451392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.ro/editor_up/nileguxasonasabewimuzesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xecuoihuyhoang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/14068399333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/17341262014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allineers.netlovestories.com/upload/files/46893528596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/18874373033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d83125f17---38914339790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98989065716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzoetemondje.be/uploads/files/40959089037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.com/upload/editor/file/26886654949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/bokofipisusuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52640116059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86541837817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradoxine.com/upload/files/27136794619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/39244318310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girimadevabasige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407f921198d---xibaliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatofuluwanubumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alertsecurity.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38570379114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toitureetfacade.fr/data/Files/nudutozuvepuvazogunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasuripemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403335bedfc---48407676450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/870def9f2b529c4e652d9eb0b4ba81c4/24937633487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/88190558464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/kasag.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_off0000c54e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC54E 17164 bytes
SHA-256: e59508d65df52c6035098f8ac66682d4012c6e362f54c90267b64ca6526b7a04
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F5 10592 bytes
SHA-256: b0e7a8016e52bfa4c39198c0f227fb49ebb9199803120c03bd9a1eba9900e456