Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 959e32fb5a89c967…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:29:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2983ab926b97de350f252ec3a7aaceaf SHA-1: 86592f2114e0e38a470b8013c55ccac7dc9f4a81 SHA-256: 959e32fb5a89c967b5b612703aebbe0df891cfc3838cc2efa1fdfaab0c7a3ef4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The numerous external URIs point to compromised websites and link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=printable+calendar+pdf+september+2019 PDF link annotation
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafodutavinameleziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23c8b44e49d5cac370310d36a53091bc/porurorezasararaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a409947e2aa---74581342185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607595ca08cd5---bigobaxokuxamerisavupezad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1dcadf7efaa38b370ae630d036dc7ab/79606013986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/64496640587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq4mske8ra6gmm8iqtuch7ctdh/nafifosisilodebijanukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b8aa7add5569cc796aacfdb03988eb7/29167335916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea1785f8b7---lisujajajewuduwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb4f5baa02---sixuniberigofamarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/24652672372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nureziferuzikasuzusojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/90469299932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/kelivimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62278809896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6089587dd8---ledexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610af3bec9b77---80552079669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/50001915555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a5b75a528913b3018a59af075c17bde/56462218309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee69211080468ca0a6813b53efd5ef21/18957505645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d05918cbd26bde74fb60b198f8dd323/puzigitufufiviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/54686701223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8f438239d---ririxikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07r2q5umurg481obtn676c8ldb/76869828802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35312740803.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_off0000ceba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEBA 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 1f478ac4fb2f31dbb16526fe66f475cc36476f1a7299293605353a86b9423187
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB33 11264 bytes
SHA-256: a87be143583dfa0ba2935970fb82fdce44eca2eff430f3407e6d76d1983d2609
font_02_sfnt_off00011575.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11575 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1