Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 906b28ec5fcaa0fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-22 23:58:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c757a558bfbfbfeca65a4cd9c1670625 SHA-1: 51b466c082c434c39afc08a393630902198c12e1 SHA-256: 906b28ec5fcaa0fabd48b2c7db233e82a223f83eb27c15aff3d02223d2a6581b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://clingac.es/d/files/mubipedefotezoruwafekeloj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/takitefixuxubavezofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/40446493702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/28610053989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/88016962305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134175017aab---47963994117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/40391248048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.indicsys.com/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/tapete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencelesaline.it/userfiles/files/75647217290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purplebyanki-com.bvirani.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47448332223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dottoridegregorio.it/public/file/jazelowulibebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelreviewreserve.com/basefile/hotelreviewreservecom/files/fepurawaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/50462903259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcyberia.com/userfiles/files/xojoxopisekizajida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161434817629f1---54251201921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36356969310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134c5a727635---varezini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanzorba.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazenatiduwegapixidexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/gojogiwokata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/lelatujevozepijujukapape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techmechengineers.com/uploads/jipano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbioplast.com/klucharnet/images/file/92370778073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/davulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/kikuzuregabususorejojexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amkchem.com/upload/files/10572816303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=t%E1%BA%A3i+game+age+of+empires+3+cho+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c1e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1E3 22144 bytes
SHA-256: 94a26922965dbd2abd49d71b972f26f59e1d9008337caf8a9fc240599fe7fe4f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA68 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 67e9359d9350f37c8c09ce1544b3b954c49d4d6779ac7670b5de40634d37dec7
font_02_sfnt_off00011426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11426 16148 bytes
SHA-256: 1c024217ce21bb66922f73502146d3c7616b47413e2e194c36dd680b30e64e78
font_03_sfnt_off000129b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1