Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 768caed7d9208201…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-29 14:48:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 9a024f18197af776dc4284af96b35add SHA-1: f43d05f671d0241e3ca0a8d1ec0abc4597f50c0b SHA-256: 768caed7d92082013657470314654d9b70549c784216e94dc485f39d6dbbf6ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate the malicious nature of this PDF. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be non-readable content, typical of exploit-laden PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43130825195.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujumugowumanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138555d6d7f2---96679497751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/77668906702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geomanteia.com/userfiles/files/julowiwamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hebatkeren88.com/contents/files/sarirutubiguzowapatemifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udruga-invalida.hr/files/60679092545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapabipifetis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/52947255652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45806132170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b2cd0496b1---95911088232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogift-it.com/userfiles/files/fopabomutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benrassam.com/uploads/files/zuxonasazojegatodidomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfbma.org/files/fck/file/66061707453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/47887767241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/72275987466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382150caa0e---66384245871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxolaziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51935777856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divoxibiledisipumemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produse-zilan.ro/files/ginupinojowufatebuvatabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/35420857050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakloboucku.cz/uploaded/file/78248562811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/xufapakofulegela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91995851981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smsenerji.com/resimler/files/35306642218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=percy+jackson+el+ladron+del+rayo+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_off0000c89f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC89F 20572 bytes
SHA-256: 60a6e5430a1e18093715baea628caaf4bab9dda1fb7a1cfd910c390c8994f7c6
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD68 10760 bytes
SHA-256: ec0082e04c3b4f0025a8e78a19b2056c966d68899ed798c8f56215b863375392
font_02_sfnt_off00011652.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11652 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1