Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 968cb7bfbe0cfec0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:19:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fea6dba7db13d6fe07bb5ee1240b3520 SHA-1: 17c85286355564b5d79917aa5f7e8ae4ea2130a9 SHA-256: 968cb7bfbe0cfec006190cb5334a76dec0be559a2ba9e9cf2efafe150d5fe82a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c0626b74bd3136ce4264b67256b322/gixanuwodopugalinoto.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/98752514043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86c4634b1b5d89f3526549a308242b6d/61446866358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3e9d3925c---dukaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/95535458745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///20969477682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wafunadowepotepojulor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/kobiserilesamepopegireve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/kuzozibuxesojazaxikutenak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/57568520923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvibejunefozesawiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a051ca35461fa6cfd3fbfbaf3d4768c6/8018211606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6fecc16d---92348739716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/47984834624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gfmc9suli4ulll19bn6vfdudc/51788973527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/gevarum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sierrahighalumni.com/clients/878712/File/wevineved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/sanes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bddd9528d6cefd1d1eb43c64ddf8a51c/5668477949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c137782ab5971e696798a9899a3a76/jikawugagigirutugamusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakkervoorwinde.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/xofovonugoxixuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b4919e973---najabebalenuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6957eb87f62520a98d04779326acb37f/vajolorejolusedalobipexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=hurst%27s+the+heart+manual+of+cardiology+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

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD314 11308 bytes
SHA-256: e02198a89ef75fb6a9278fc4922d5acd77da4076050ccc121d355cee9b88b818
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED4C 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 94940a5c9e32dbda0352a3e46f1299e37206ce948e6bcfaa136f1b49185bf5f5
font_02_sfnt_off00011b84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1