Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 967e3658cb5ec5a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 09:37:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 85b1d1aebcb9ca9d8d1e83e24cabab7a SHA-1: 8ccd48779cff89eabf8aeca2d5e6916d9dd703f0 SHA-256: 967e3658cb5ec5a047aa7aed1378e405b6d549d5f556d10e6eac0027db9bb1e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for obfuscating malicious content. The PDF also features a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to disposable domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. These links are likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ez+hunter+injector+ml PDF link annotation
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/jaredisegilolexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/ziwibulatoguzoxipixodukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/viruxifenepidedixifoxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40446484449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11b3f3c23852a8112e4c3839d1343202/vaxatoranofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_21CD5C8C6EF9A0C6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/xitivosebogaxofoniremoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613171916ffff---40202297574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/sotulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///sabepezugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd63c44d55---nukewejeravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ooobelkom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sisugobidoziwometo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://only-svet.ru/upload/files/90037805235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaroma.fr/upload/file/zesejesatukupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45697264742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614076794d25d---rudipojopipebujudojibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/tuvibakaxenugazadawevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/42228282838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/mubozujibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/97522705341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/jurovosifeginowowuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ventisilva.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minopedanaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupoxusidagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/jivawajifemotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sztarmedia.hu/_user/file/nirebafizifenavesegadek.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_off0000b33d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB33D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB4F 14528 bytes
SHA-256: f00e6c39e9936a032774d98f860d09a7312b174860dcaa69abc426ec6198466d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF75 10440 bytes
SHA-256: d2b4d5ed5105a446c63f0472b6097a5eb791d2645575129e5cf3c66ffc1703da