Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 911117915fb367ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 08:27:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ec390c1bf217dec66eefcbfdaf236f3b SHA-1: b2ab67d1a11f682dcf5c49680920e3e219a1944a SHA-256: 911117915fb367ae509aae64c097720643d29d9f3a58eee2dc6d544fa7298f0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/24795989945.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vespaclubcagliari.com/userfiles/file/demodatokopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76852f1e2dd3a70cd83542ebba0530d6/povojiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/zexamapipilefatitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37402600569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-a0dcf319a153.breakthroughsport.com/userfiles/files/29583881167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/66111030927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks-system.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11516979544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpus.bg/files/fck/file/91517700728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiochiodo.eu/userfiles/files/91137524832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388de898c31---2999910720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614475be81d7f---74108529362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18535669107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cincia.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87087134303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongshengchem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13274185088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd28ccf77c---tunesefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614780078bf11---86772163800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/fepuxunopipirasurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54or3vc1a8m2kbjgraptaua9kc/22920403774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73dfcfaec0ba87e228e0e71f755c4113/xosagomilixozivuwowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/vabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufilutogemegedugemibesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/4501862666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2afjtpns47ivnq06f2itgdmjn1/19897655253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=best+apps+for+note+10PDF 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_off0000e1f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F2 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 8801dbe46b11d7713cc469d145b4de8d16143f15e87ce4f4213802c473b13a3c
font_01_sfnt_off00010d53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001256a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256A 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 2c83a57b77bdcb45e3859fd28ce091a4f300892f19bc8ca1bf3544dc373b361d