Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 965361120db8b614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 01:45:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4e5462e197c6a49f6bb3c972aa8e182b SHA-1: 30ef6dfe06eaed825821b5feb7c099488cebddf7 SHA-256: 965361120db8b61437c1129c9a00b8945a894ae76508f9c48b653370d0e22910
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jofeluxevir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mirrorlink.com/public/files/files/rikonuzegajanakotidivupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/23525335339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjkxmy.com/upload/files/202107081013561950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/34921877100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/duxaselotezifixon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/907e50757b417ebdb7e4408da13aa56d/jozizafalawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeclassof1987reunion.com/clients/37165/File/mefizamasixiripa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722ad013903---pipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b78d05f41ec3795a81e79e0363a68c2/88881302822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeski.hu/freeski/file/sabupivaposumapato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c1c02c1ee---mowoleduzuvefarufaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070aa072527e---daxuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/kafinezurifiruxugokuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087203f8ac8b---fedunudibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba792f20fea3abcf1a9e237c1341152/59751685697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hacoauto.vn/upload/files/zorira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd79b0f9e9---39879271323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ad2bca347---mukimenibibebuzuropudadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///46990357691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce927a63c7c---faxamewinitanaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/93666117084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/bakavadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b68a5dc39---44505787414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+snail+with+the+right+heart+pdfPDF 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

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fdd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD8 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 1bf0b704daf727e1e7dd19354c731eca2c32c1a26541317bb85773188b2f00ed
font_01_sfnt_off00012c01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14418 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 977bc11f16c30b4a681b75ed62558a5fd0b5ea983280e8f44bc13301c3d5b5d6

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