Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 954f5db73737d264…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:15:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 6af54cd5523fd663434ab1285ccd1559 SHA-1: 3ff4f3ce10480417441294e53fec9b4384e79f9a SHA-256: 954f5db73737d264339b9e12168acc587a0653ab698265331aa6a8194bc49569
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a tactic to distribute malicious files via link farms. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads or perform phishing actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=egyptian+museum+guide+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/jerufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefifulunalejuwoloker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/49114046708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/56299182093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40625855031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a73499059---81759783590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majbrno.cz/uploads/files/pofuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1352ed1eb8---95693214417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/83635583851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/12269881780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/lugekedidumepetasiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/saxujarulige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/fuxipiletonaxeposidefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iviltra.lt/images/files/89679243082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/zukiposazomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/dewepoxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/55850865085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607547c22d1f9---jotumadilepiveforogosipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cbbc32d11de580fb39b9fab79b6fb43/bozomumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl6ft2sck1fob8sglu16salt14/sufuzarukirine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abn349vn6anftqcms1o932a09o/88573933806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0648e464c92bfa456a25074aeed1474f/31315994059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875f924ce48---41079172606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibkt51itqv6fsf38rsetal8i52/lupovexameridutovetu.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_off0000e39d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE39D 18140 bytes
SHA-256: fbed63f4996cbeabc91bbad77425872023475e223e263623035fbb72f5451238
font_01_sfnt_off000111a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A3 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 6d8647391ee739870e52decf102f89796f851339b5a411929bbc47a74a2487b1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1