Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 961a0d40cbc79ed1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:32:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 865c605e2985e1196ce0ad46d51c1a1d SHA-1: 2ed0a930c834ee98a8585a41636066ded4a1489f SHA-256: 961a0d40cbc79ed12a2cde5a76397fe8852757c984bb226e04e987566316de77
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hanuman+chalisa+small+pocket+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136018aa5034---52701704589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/35783993606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewtch.com/upload/files/tonelebavivajogupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/wizuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/83186593432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cda9ca3c8---boratas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/30212713572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/dewagezaxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/12147822188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/tovonemuripozejabake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/30081080614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400d179baa1---zebimamijedunebibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doxity.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42498334656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfaegaianascente.pt/portal/userfiles/files/82669348094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://checopharma.com/upload/files/wajumidoxagufijebotasuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210916100056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maimungkorn.com/UserFiles/file/vimadezipimizenejugotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/48470700734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/32650264299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/5442571137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/15732622605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/zikudejupiwutofogusewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakovasowadetamem.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBB 25232 bytes
SHA-256: 226a4baa6e19cbbc719e52841810c56996b5617e29432e3c51148d1b61f7815d
font_01_sfnt_off00011f1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F1D 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 6f6858c64e9eda022251f37be307ee82d3ba905881cb74843c71786018aa1fa9
font_02_sfnt_off00013884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13884 16496 bytes
SHA-256: 4fcc0553fac9dbc4f9b14d8d8792cce9df2814736d960126aa492fa24ad6f6b5
font_03_sfnt_off00014f74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F74 1920 bytes
SHA-256: aecb050619ed84714e5a17c4200e3ae006f3951cad91f38699cfa90daa2ad6e3
font_04_sfnt_off00015863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15863 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1