Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 713a3fdd7005adb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:19:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 79ed9558e6a38b6c3834958756eb4ff4 SHA-1: 9c4ed76a67ab5c101daf2265fdc01da781fd7c16 SHA-256: 713a3fdd7005adb7c3276f616a3087b1d0174c7b35ff993e90103db0e8606cf9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The URLs suggest a lure for downloading cracked software, such as Photoshop. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://bwhe.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41732297768.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mousumibanerjee.com/fckimages/file/72008459186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/dibujubikapuxiparulekire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/xudobojotafikirapeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/93363708570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396368580d2---musizowevobabesuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69689954195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/jomorudawabowodisulozira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lobnya.ru/upload_picture/file/wotedixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ed5c6d4d1---89682392325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb-hospital.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/solad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/fadipekebem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berebogosajolime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400754ecb5d---13215191224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctornhospital.com/banglanews24/editorsfiles/files/sikebuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/28145901883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52417257313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e385aeb00e6a658b599e457a451b0240/37805448603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/20581838569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_5C6348298742851D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210914053820_5wgstb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togelunited4d.com/contents/files/83171298380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/xemigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=photoshop+crack+for+pcPDF 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_off0000bc39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d450.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD450 10296 bytes
SHA-256: cb4a1c27d6cec6828b4a733f444e9ac3f603c42678380285bf80def0c156b45a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBBB 16244 bytes
SHA-256: cd878ca9462203512cc4c26eea89c2ea17479a066bb79e027eca0b8764f6af4f