Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 957ee36829b90daa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-10-04 01:38:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8e1e0b7c884e5ff65bc206f2d6b3a772 SHA-1: 97849394b9e57d5311decb76b60db64df0dccf73 SHA-256: 957ee36829b90daaa64e6d51a51a83cc7e5d457f037a96d668d0961f05ddf673
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 are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tiger+woods+cartoon+images PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikaduxegofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/96798751862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/26259019176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/97599377490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://importfoodfair.com/userfiles/image/2021/09/file/20149656280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/12728511204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabefafegopixibisovobidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/bekewawewolemaledok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fiqa735be48e.com/upload/files/46249100813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cx-gl.hu/images/files/lekanelizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/57094087329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovecongtruong.com/upload/files/warixuvipexatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161596f491fd0a---fisujadevedug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/xisulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/68250625993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myapartment.de/web/editor/files/lazixugadikesanezaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vuzodikifatebomajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109010857321372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nantong.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46696241105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161457474d28c9---46122525800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/lomoxulopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4906058488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvari-um.ru/userfiles/file/35400443918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f494e5db5b250921c38172c892ea6305/gubufakinifidirixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lircai.com/web/inline/file/33577286366.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_off0000b3a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBB8 10716 bytes
SHA-256: be0f5beb207cea42db33015c74b84773c788e4dd6ccacb5890bba218396c420d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE431 16232 bytes
SHA-256: e310160687f3cd951ca5dbc6d2c9e2447227c9c604efd0924081d8bbad43e2ea