Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 914d66ea748b051a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:47:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 01c9985586e0063c9e92069f9e2871d8 SHA-1: a06666b31f91dd3f05d42e4d44fbad7ab5229415 SHA-256: 914d66ea748b051ae49d9a827721fb6b7f5b4c68a535ff013b0529bcf36e144f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are identified as a link farm on disposable hosting or pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate this redirection or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/17464607405.pdf
    • http://palakkadtourism.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7682494797.pdf
    • http://houtackers.nl/userfiles/file/torivifajubexikov.pdf
    • http://sky1981.com/asset/uploads/files/kanevetu.pdf
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vezefuzufafukudugofot.pdf
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/gigutijunasujadizafera.pdf
    • https://hchoanglong.vn/userfiles/file/91561550834.pdf
    • https://salwangurugram.com/files/33116926195.pdf
    • http://aci-immobilier-douai.fr/userfiles/files/renilipiboxifasademisox.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613088f6c9243---zudugoxir.pdf
    • https://thietkewebseo.com/webroot/img/files/zusolezipigenonup.pdf
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/38667655797.pdf
    • http://kyea.org/imageuploads/zinowagimowoxagefu.pdf
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejopiluliwukegasu.pdf
    • https://tepihtrava.rs/files/kizajotizitavuzisusi.pdf
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3e2eee4ea77d104710b8dd7734eae1f/17142845957.pdf
    • https://tssch.in/tssch/application/admin/uploads/file/fokojokurokajesa.pdf
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/91804299976.pdf
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetagemajavovamasumibu.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388ab3e255c---luwatagolevimeruxiwo.pdf
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/49528931556.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f9fc601093---56038341007.pdf
    • http://ashokarefrigeration.com/userfiles/file/jogub.pdf
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22040045650.pdf
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/7412714836.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/85888680618.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bach+cello+suite+1+violin+sheet+music
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d946.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD946 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f15d.bin
d15393cc30817b24d34bc426b86fa8f8b6c4ef0eb5a303f84fedaaf51587d445
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15D 10664 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000109b4.bin
33b61558d8f8f2c58c439c7ba5d0c5f03ad926ca8e451902ebbf9fa39c72336d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B4 18424 bytes