Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 964f87f6714bcd83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:53:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8e734df239b0f3cf6c646abf40b05916 SHA-1: ecb32fcf8c2776f2511074f751f963bd7c1524d5 SHA-256: 964f87f6714bcd830af2c85addfa200726442c98f53a83fa744acca29a41175c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ljjxmining.com/uploadfile/file///2021090406594283.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/82202282391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b6be0b2e3---leretur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rewoselejaxevumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210911114724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389bf88489a---86657742619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359a13639cd---jedubogaluzujaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/xanozuvesagozowutivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313b88ee6f0---75973993666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388d5e88ce8---68187772887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/16623544118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/fexaromatator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/texumotopowapotuwopiwusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/16591032076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/33702465279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/tatizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/30598582502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d21a786141---89789624497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tff33evhff31m2eu3j37d5qe11/xejutinimigufuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/32753670053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulleungroadtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_A29723CAF13A5975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f49cc68d81---59356029379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/77795056245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+7+pro+miui+versionPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6F7 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7af7ac39d9b3592fac203b031faf38e8ef2894e93c636026b88db2713de1dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF42 16280 bytes
SHA-256: f4659851d49883f8ddb07db04e641111946dc14b2030a74861ba26725a73f902
font_02_sfnt_off0000f902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF902 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1