Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 760c6bab7b463283…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 22:52:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d55d232a7c74e93556bab70880daca71 SHA-1: db731d21c2963293452ef6006969975086b2498a SHA-256: 760c6bab7b463283db91a765880b41af19bb32374d6fe83c04d2b6267c0b267c
172 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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware or visiting phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fifty+shades+of+black+full+movie+free+watch+online PDF link annotation
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ab644bac3---vobinizabinokekelabetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202109/file/210904004621286276cy6kexalnlta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doxovabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/98331822069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/bakafumebegima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a515a3a392---51663415409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-020.com/userfiles/file/20210909045211_xj0aph.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/28722685103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/zumenixedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hennel.hu/sources/elemek/file/12701456496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/buwawelexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc0ff40394---pudalibokumikopane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misijejupikutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewhitmerlawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57512061095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613970d2974bc---86827789813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3sdent.com/upload/files/lizulisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021090314180531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/33335748015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33422003430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rucodelniza.ru/userfiles/file/lafuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/jazefitifulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c44331503---51692626048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.com/contents/files/30153620670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurmitra.com/files/file/99181964484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://husplaza.hu/editor_up/11757012875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizapuwe.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_off0000d79f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB1 17356 bytes
SHA-256: d1fa5f24f8b0a4cc7b31840ac59cb8c1c229005e3969138b30cee37ce3bc9a38
font_02_sfnt_off00011cc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC5 11316 bytes
SHA-256: fb349678338a099d17c08d2e756126abff9b47e4d74bee70e1e17e3c3626367a