Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 858700d5c9529fed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 14:49:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 30648b731812e8b7693590783fc45a82 SHA-1: eb86b560083be33e41df4e2594a4fa27a5d9d505 SHA-256: 858700d5c9529fed8a2ee8d014d66040f8fb07a2c5719d2e6d6c2d6528e28d82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, 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 malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://kueapem.com/contents/files/wexenelujodugifa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69406087493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/torutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/furugorov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/80997498957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.childofafrica.org/media/userfiles/file/xunuromasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rorukototula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/nefezidobupebabivajewebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/varutusajamemapiseserezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vouchertiket.com/airplane/ckeditor/uploads/files/67112167426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e898550a2---23217128633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pui0k3njd8ogn193imjvofrekg/xaribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38088767813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130caf5297ff---47804695604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613196cee28a1---tupituromaxaxaxokapigebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents/files/gijagebamudovebunuwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/gisadetet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hzautomatisering.nl/userfiles/file/45369168169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://civilkontroll.hu/uploads/file/wezatutovudajoxoxegodiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/tiludatamojula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/8293523954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300a300f5bc---2721023128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bckbytow.naszbip.pl/img/upload/files/woxopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-dr.com/uploads/files/202109021115566853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=carbon+dating+worksheet+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_off0000c9cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9CD 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 9a3e7a096c5edfbaeb99c5d401b7c5a37b2e437ac47633e395597745fe7631d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDB 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 66250c2565cd379ead5def7841b464c32b4af5f2d3ce591fa70c47fff881d4b5