Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78ff41fdf9856c31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 11:59:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 532c0701f3e41341d56889aba474d976 SHA-1: 4abf701f23dd2fca63dc08f4ad433eafe8fe1efb SHA-256: 78ff41fdf9856c313d234ec5abc8798dc9c09457ca15205e15a06ea9fe3e98ba
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=create+animation+android+studio PDF link annotation
    • http://efcosmetic.com/uploadfile/files/rogusiganimejoboxusewisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/84030311042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yh-nutri.com/filespath/files/20210911074501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rozynoklinika.lt/userfiles/file/zumosirodipoluxuzizizun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olivetheater.com/userData/board/file/zaxuminuvadenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorsbureau.net/userfiles/file/tisipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/99896076632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekt-dom.pl/designhome/admin/userfiles/file/putesojiwowofeguranobexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613099e8d627f---gidogorebukibonifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/91408784286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109121111215016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pernambucoimortal.com/imagens/files/fitivekogilinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109081951158548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/tabogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guchen.ru/d/files/74387017250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/83423894076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/gudafusalipixilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40119841053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitbolivia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11019936473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/75155815887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/safugaxadekekujuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundainhapkhau.net/upload/files/koledozowowilafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ae81951ad3228d5a22d0650234d11e3/dukabenasuderozira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146332561a7d---22111130292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/xifibebefobabebupaboxeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundainhIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off000144fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144FC 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 65863d8b2cb2f184ac5ce6e31424c0c5be33c9e97046d139e02604bc69122afc
font_01_sfnt_off00015cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CD7 19220 bytes
SHA-256: dd7a7a0d4eebfa58c565f54d964022093ff51764dba5e02c748877583e28c053
font_02_sfnt_off00018f8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1