Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8177012c978927f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 23:22:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 0e2c867d28d09b2b47eec11ba0eed506 SHA-1: a02d411b5384f866d79469eca241f6f5d798bde4 SHA-256: 8177012c978927f31aa32774e8542ed035606eec5e25fc98ad4b03188ff76055
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/71410057214.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/lavutavoxiwozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0tr5fje0cgv7346fi74csq4lq/zafefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/woxumopopana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/2543533044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d442d112c78---16352050231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_64E11BC49A56100B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcd18e211fe---78031138643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.com/userfiles/files/59685765335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bo4ho9drs5vpu5sis4v68pbabn/86739990323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021071814220356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/62637903745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecoaga.com/documentos/file/motemiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb82425b2d97fce4a09ce7ec59c15a54/monewufiwepudisawexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/kazavedopowakomidezuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogiradobalolebujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/vegoful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/sanopejifujezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/nobufeziduwewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santechnikosdarbai.lt/images/files/47286491753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c855c62b25f1d24342d650571b22767/dugexuxuzomuzurukolipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084719abc5d4---xigomiwoxowunopiwisejijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/49872265480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=annihilation+of+caste+book+in+tamil+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_off0000dd92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD92 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 2f7b1552913616a8766644a7324e319c0b2d25e47c622791d8639e9006d45d1d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B7 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 177a2290a9b268b7051c24d7868ad7d05862ab2db6cb577b0aceb764303d28c8
font_02_sfnt_off00012187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12187 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1