Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 862bb312bcc4bfe1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 21:16:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d7ba7a72f16d420cee77ddc6e263a218 SHA-1: 833df8a81ed2657ccf5ff9901edb1f4dde4e532a SHA-256: 862bb312bcc4bfe12f8fec3600b220923297d48097d21e178db38f965d8ad348
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54069416354.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terralis.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/wojowatalefogiwibezudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessie-vinylcare.com/file/72934577835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67365463330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/77444572503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/sinibufemazolitojufun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/makedukasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66456344560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91779514997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/jeloguxuvasubedapesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/98371941326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12028302472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/movimolobot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132db5e384a8---narekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/zijokugemawatasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210905015823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/fubavawewesutozejugowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/71919194259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/mefanabutevegewenofixoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352cbca5302---39776273967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriagasthiyarastro.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/gokufexojikafoxekikipevom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8477br7nk38es7jgia04o29lt6/10596369880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riwg.in/userfiles/file/tojakamulenaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/94891016070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allefrgycg.news-read.com/upload/files/mowidikupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=anarchist+handbook+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_off0000e7b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B0 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 02ae2d9f060e1563794ee1cfe68385b457476e556404211afc218805114263c6
font_01_sfnt_off00011631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11631 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E48 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 16986f66c12264c7b5ebff96a2ff867ed76ff264d8a473294bb377e7788aed2a