Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84efc0b96f2d3e5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:14:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e2cf066b80fc4c2b12dd5ed5bcb931e2 SHA-1: a8da69eb9621c7a6a3623329a23f543e764e4c21 SHA-256: 84efc0b96f2d3e5edf5e08f6952ccf7f28988e40e3f067c4e8a1bd7172ee0740
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/61589459068.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/rulisedilexukodofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/42055535424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontieregypt.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59776387372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprenda-atdi.com/uploads/files/32150908966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613303e4289e9---radopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/add734c456cf3007a8516e90b8733b89/jamamagujoxebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/68241353279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traviet36.com/upload/files/gufuvenomebunifofuful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090110312980554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamifudijuzokoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/30201543107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matraci.info/UserFiles/File/rubebowojanupijixezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7765ff04a85b46b6136fe821164f8555/dodewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://londonjip.com/userData/board/file/62018933599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0n57lo4c1r1e25h3ird4jlfo1t/fametotivebekaxifewalegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents/files/36059877421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/85448038803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/86588631289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goozzl.com/userfiles/files/4007486194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciar.vn/uploads/image/files/42365860309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/filidudubebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376dc1e7bf6---bezemegajasilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/78428103330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=online+games+between+iphone+and+androidPDF 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_off0000d9dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9DC 17440 bytes
SHA-256: ec9e1837d00b7d7f1d24050e94bf8ffc0ce6c2b9e95e6e472fd646f9b523f7aa
font_01_sfnt_off00010724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10724 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 730012a3a42ad7dd7c4793d2c10fa70011eff49f2122aed7a4b44d8f40749b72
font_02_sfnt_off00012075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12075 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1