Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 830651179bc671d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 17:46:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 932f9bd7c94fd51954e4252d07be593f SHA-1: 39f5527245f2dba8a178eea34b30b1dd8a9de2b3 SHA-256: 830651179bc671d9ae6076cdfa29423b08c43733ae94874cfe09202af004e0b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The primary attack vector appears to be luring users to external sites via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+blue+with+purple
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents/files/tuxukavefabema.pdf
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210915225943_mdxn05.pdf
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31770666323.pdf
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/xawava.pdf
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/dizedifalafugadaxabifonij.pdf
    • https://abhrian.com/userfiles/files/66373111318.pdf
    • http://duquenne-moteurs.fr/webroot/upload/files/85370791107.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3c15a7ff5---lapojuzuxoli.pdf
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/leterunusetetujisodi.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ceb51ae1c---15263868656.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084d62c3fd636a96a2e6aa0808e3803f/4043893117.pdf
    • http://kite-surf.sk/files/36123293471.pdf
    • https://sim2007.com/files/sodotanivo.pdf
    • http://avtosfera28.ru/userfiles/file/91466028229.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e162c5f03---lifurixovadurajukupabana.pdf
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78353006942.pdf
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/38273074236.pdf
    • https://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/23961455819.pdf
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/nobizobumiru.pdf
    • http://kajo-frings.de/userfiles/file/kimubomigefuxularan.pdf
    • https://nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitujo.pdf
    • http://cx-gl.hu/images/files/44097005095.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142401bc8109---tufamorafipinad.pdf
    • http://e-park.es/img/uploads/files/75930238999.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d626.bin
642ebd5912aa22b17d017b8b012de839e3ef0a687769a9366d8d5ef57ce0a8b9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD626 10652 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee3d.bin
0851becd2114e2babbee0af378088bebb9c51e214e085d9263b724ebbd531c7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3D 17600 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c27.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C27 16792 bytes