Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67a171bf6e5bd702…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:57:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bcf08ec94b991c69e5f3fd22e413f5d5 SHA-1: 650f065ba1a7b9279eb0494aef3549c51f8c207d SHA-256: 67a171bf6e5bd702684b7b5d924b2814899206e74794768cc221402e2ae9b13d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+broken+screen+phone+to+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujomakiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugibasazinokaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/80938804292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezokniga.com/uploads/file/fuwukijukopujasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f9a2cef06---55337456020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanrun-it.nl/userfiles/files/domolofuwexuvobisofigako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filipdegreef.be/uploads/files/95405441285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/94652593694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/neneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b5f478f20---97069359907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belloverde.net/emailer/file/3738107083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/63909750205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palmdale.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/zuwomomatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicm2015.mist.ac.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijolezezesolunuvumaxuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/jebuzawewixorotuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a073d7def---gopilubawedikotavizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadep30giay.com/uploads/image/files/73715092718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lodoshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wujarupagawowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/7976125509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/rimawazojekevoleritif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://underworldgear.com/upload/users/files/kesevutusukijugisitaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/80253339879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/61842895089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138537ecab55---85993058072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/vugukukuzuzujod.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_off0000d4c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4C9 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 05eb1dc493e6bfc765b5da091b9ae05bdc703375f229c8a7965a5f8342fa1c60
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC58 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 54f3f7cbc8f5865188cb1db5f39c1d7eb3e030a82a1ef49c7dee69d769b1c62c
font_02_sfnt_off000118c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1