Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 869fb88edd3db0c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:49:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5efb899ad3868f57fd224c607f9791be SHA-1: edd442ca6c22050e71ecdcfd1c660a6d654f3f56 SHA-256: 869fb88edd3db0c49f991914099793f60678b848663db9a1cc73e27cb81c92e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple external URIs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, combined with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+mcpe+monster PDF link annotation
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libewoposokojupupoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharedsynergy.com/userfiles/file/vasasususok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/32570807589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morakothotel.com/file_media/file_image/file/49038229096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://automatisme-portail-bordazzi.fr/userfiles/fichiers/53848822334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95f8acfdea99481cbd0535254b1305cd/23314578618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89qm7cmf8n6oq9kgoj5d6ln0ru/tiduxoxajedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbqwxdbhblh2h.xn--p1ai/data/file/nubupiwazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/pafapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuolascifondocortinadolomiti.it/userfiles/files/gubuwekiminefizedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldksolar-officialliquidation.com/userfiles/files/muwagogerikepovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/41372962613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410e5c01378---tiginexufewininovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/64952616491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sms-dk.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_67DFB9AAA6FCA453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/vumorovugobasukajinog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/nukojogigofana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210918_35D158611CF606BA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/21031432769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euh18t89dcsp7irnl9ncr44nl8/65315332866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myrbacken.se/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delolajalorude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/gujevugufemizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiffelflowersquesnel.com/userfiles/file/wesejuge.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_off0000dda5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA5 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 540abd0257bb0d73d3def9d44144e0cff033137bdc4971d6eda83df4703e36e8
font_01_sfnt_off00010c31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C31 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 513a85a4377511a401a777c1928021ffda8952fbb6ef9a1c166f5bd69f52c3a1
font_02_sfnt_off000124b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1