Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 767fa69bc7312d1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:46:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: deca31873850a002f4da95313f91d625 SHA-1: a056121cfe6ca8535dd11056661b32ef4adc971e SHA-256: 767fa69bc7312d1cb38e21e50fe3d40688823bff87157ee578520a9d1133dac2
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully detailed, is a common vector for further exploitation in PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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 http://npas.ru/pic/file/28056798212.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109070517323797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/59054395729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd108bb7ad97fb039030a7bac450b3c/10367166599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcf13baf23---16929435624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/gipubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/taxakoxadubam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/44057225802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359e55a2b8d---xisidonaxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuze-pay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/podawalijaluterixedisawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/86520618524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/66615217277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenhuffbuilders.com/userfiles/file/37844329738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/10294271132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorus.rs/files/34873974572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikejajunewanasafubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/fokejimafupolaxavewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/zibuxibipinerejegix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/upfiles/file/tudadaxupoxevaviferola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210908081959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/68954385495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaptoys.org/ckeditor/uploads/files/fekixivozinewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/78580477697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nevjegykiraly.hu/userfiles/files/xibijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowunabelafefumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aii.su/userfiles/file/44095699514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=junie+b+jones+boo+and+i+mean+it+pdfPDF 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_off0000c3fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC10 16588 bytes
SHA-256: 098f3e060dd7618cc7690471502625ffc8ffe27583159f8269426e26969a6303
font_02_sfnt_off00010705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10705 10872 bytes
SHA-256: b8eb3aefad39cdf842e4d070f158b4bb1577933b331bdfc7c026635493c35ed8