Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84e0ce5629fbe5db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:17:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3b462ee0ac4f283e440dfcd6a3628705 SHA-1: 8d63347d554157c9a31b6bb130dcdbfc4490d0e4 SHA-256: 84e0ce5629fbe5dbe73131f9fd81d4d5fda39498f18ab503bd80081292ea8af4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable or compromised domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+damned+united+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/zoraripijokufuxewejakeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/14970900098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/xatewawibudafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myxroad.com/upload/userfiles/file///segatizeviladiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangphong.vn/uploads/image/files/dunukanuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/48656125419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yucehukuk.com/resimler/files/rejexapasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/444bb1ee787bafe92fc034cfcbd06d8d/wumiganoxexowurezobukekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb3670e652---sasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sklepbonus.pl/userfiles/file/23017557375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e7a1e7b24ca259413487ea8d730944a/81923225446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/20471105582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d41a99043b16d39b612d201cb6ad177a/juduvodegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91235d39b---lowazoxazonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/692604288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cde4318f1f9cd8a373b16d38a6ecf7a/4406595559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6748bd49f5af66e6d8c49c30cfb09d56/5065356479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/22619104181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/bosasifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/87907954812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjt1.org/upload/files/9710751991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210719_062535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d36d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD36D 10744 bytes
SHA-256: b19297ca07b55d028bc414b0f61773dddad15a2fbc82b2d3d0dd6101620f9382
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C4 17432 bytes
SHA-256: b5210294089585fa356f22c4dffe2415ea58da28a641483dba09a4eebd31f981