Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b33429a478a491d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-11-12 01:20:01 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 984fbce4e4aa272f674ab13457c3b513 SHA-1: dd17f61effaf74334972a362d71dd4a3cf5c357b SHA-256: 8b33429a478a491d431c8b085d5e5f54f643d7970f7a2cb243a02c6d57821779
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains a link farm pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://khautrangkhangviet.com/upload/img/files/rodaguxutazoposuviduru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cmorshomecareassociates.org/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/93055768079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aillant-sur-tholon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94417854354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.blog/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/29710052713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosuvazojitaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86685165207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bewapokedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/2775749648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satyavnetworks.com/fck_upload_images/file/42614776204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b2fa3fea7---79977376034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mousumibanerjee.com/fckimages/file/redumetofifujemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichpharmaceuticals.com/userfiles/file/28193579476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161670715ad043---3642915396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145a056c3ef1---48113930521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phelieuviethung.vn/upload/files/16642049908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/pizulosorojaloturafijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naim.naparts.com/images/fck/file/bajozobatorifefolarixemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxvaidikasanghom.org/userfiles/file/vojazizikujufavitipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97007489785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petswithlove.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/27002716265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tenuratoserimemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimore.vn/webroot/img/files/4907681686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/kunewawibijuxerewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooobelkom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78870591379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/sudosozipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/2I9n2o-U8HI/uplcv?utm_term=melodic+and+harmonic+intervals+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000b9c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9C1 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 45015263e28dbf00792e0fa83ae0fb9123af5110209f191c00797c49350166ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0E2 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 83c903d067e91e5897c3c3263d61b87f2e71526897fa67bffdca049295d3c8f3
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD04 10872 bytes
SHA-256: c89e2bd983bd699914bbd50eec43d34e659dae9a59556066646128b5411cf817