Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 968c4be0909dd5b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:43:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: be54116294f01ea6e503571227f54667 SHA-1: 778ed53a1450e33a0ff3a880fa5efde441fee4a6 SHA-256: 968c4be0909dd5b14190aac313e88fdb67f6e78d3e115f5a338ec89d4791e16d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://montex.pro/uploads/userfiles/file/37934230374.pdf
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/semonodedazikul.pdf
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/1657095202.pdf
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents/files/34756305652.pdf
    • http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34593972642.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613715d136ba6---90103761000.pdf
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/jebutem.pdf
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210911032215.pdf
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a221098030---94479650275.pdf
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6690352159.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/3257083920.pdf
    • http://chuabenhxuongkhop24h.com/images/files/19224933365.pdf
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27354891476.pdf
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/kejewimokaladatoxomebi.pdf
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/30588719497.pdf
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/dagatugororewuv.pdf
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/sizusefukagemul.pdf
    • https://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikipotaduniditomubi.pdf
    • http://xn--b1adrijbbb.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/lapix.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612feab2084fa---74640808176.pdf
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/zodegogajimiboxap.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161455bb2aeca4---76296411187.pdf
    • https://tfsroanoke.com/home/tfs/public_html/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tenufi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=most+downloaded+games+play+store
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d7ab.bin
4f5e1b8c8b720ab2fa987ee494c826395a707aed4cfdd82e37a72774fe384389
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7AB 10836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f08d.bin
5226c329c086bfd5757f450db80352addeecee9242eca1e6c9d2d53d97adc5d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08D 17956 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011fa7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FA7 16792 bytes