Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73839a2c224abbca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:44:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 616ac763eacd343c28f36c3a2d70a117 SHA-1: 2a8d370749ee9aa194903389127ee599b1e0a283 SHA-256: 73839a2c224abbca4d31ad5450971b4656d75db14f43713a4ea09922c1d40436
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=government+program+that+aims+to+address+social+inequality+example PDF link annotation
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328d2a6dca6---gutaxapane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguatta.it/userfiles/files/ralorikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/42957880794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4fq542iv97nt65e2d0ohusrro/98025389899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jimsdelibrookhaven.com/demo/jimsdeli/admin/userfilesfile/29267261738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/51633541155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasa-project.org/fckupload/file/puzejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/tejepame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/files/kofireduwewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/67013854762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jysfh.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912180602354829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovgs0nkca9iberes8qvaeubvq3/kibuxegobumediwenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpnrkjmvte0ifl99be92amh6j5/80934176772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/filuguroxijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inggeo.eu/userfiles/files/wediluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_1A41DBAF88EDC023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkschoenenverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/puravurinobewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148526ec0ee6---19926775501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibra-optica.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69618313407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilipoupoli-drama.gr/lilipoupoli/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32720238436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff5d6b00d1---19811702833.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_off0001b2b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B2B6 19996 bytes
SHA-256: 6bfe5f2da7e95f29ba51e77a29ac973cbc4af8311e8ffc7ab160540faba822e6
font_01_sfnt_off0001e669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001fe80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FE80 11528 bytes
SHA-256: d9e197ea17e91cc842c96e055ccec6f0b818da7ad77c1393fb63c81e1b0ebe6a