Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 712d4e88960024eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 16:10:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1a2bec10d35944142f9eb5dfdc3c096a SHA-1: 8af1d8245d484df4d14de326215cda33f2b4ae75 SHA-256: 712d4e88960024eba2d71cbbc133b51442b9b65cecd66b92cd7ccbbcbb5dbf6b
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 WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed for SEO poisoning or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these 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://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79594126283.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/74135568498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvif.fr/userfiles/file/35397472717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaustabilo.com/contents/files/tukunurazuvavipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/26896317335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciprzetargi.pl/files/file/73010166361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/57007249211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///wedomekoton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vroa.pl/chplusfiles/file/96400470368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pascalparrot.com/uploads/assets/file/78817288044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letajicikoberce.cz/userfiles/file/dafejavirajuxoxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilcafe.it/userfiles/file/fafolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpviettin.com/upload/files/suvovitobiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hebatkeren88.com/contents/files/suzewetawone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25942997510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76411340220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vvbsaihecr27lajjert96ihnc/fexigorupuwotiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://craft-personal.de/userfiles/file/70055542405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sandlnae.com/data/editor/file/46368622552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0c89545a26d1ba1b872d920845adf78/49618576738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosefkuchare.cz/userfiles/60186736217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143f8cf81328---kunubusukawapazono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montex.pro/uploads/userfiles/file/dibexomivutubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bctlorraine.org/userfiles/file/36929256061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenfield-sustainability.com/images/files/91560030796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clear+chrome+history+in+mobilePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC927 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 5d4575d2342023a5a338fcf88471a242fd5af8d765e0ceef0f60f9230f036bd1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f534.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF534 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 1761dab111632a1aa53383a25ff516a4a41cc466a3e65b717ffd71c64e3de99a
font_02_sfnt_off00010e0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1