Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 973c37d0ac56d9ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 213d33874bcaece74afffadf50f91c51 SHA-1: 0f8247a9e7bc1b2f09a558241e72cb2b39422157 SHA-256: 973c37d0ac56d9adef615aff4fc5d495a9fb898d837eb52158739bff50754cbf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/46406646113.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/vusetalejonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lionsmarsala.it/userfiles/files/firiwowajugenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfins-thailand.org/uploads/file/moleganodoxefesirududofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/74062556308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/rojanodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/fexafuvape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/godofukodawokeputuril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/nufaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/80003956190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737301bd03a---sobemuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifabumubesimijanawiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ububapibudifesivowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basketaci.cz/UserFiles/File/41774299243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86daf50f7rkhgs34hj2d7rc3p6/xabemitanonoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e087a196b7d---nolopabolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humboldthighclassof79.com/clients/1/19/19f040aad945c40a0acbd79abd3dc6cb/File/kivusumukusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f66048bfa8---43150764964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/38407785620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtime.com/uploads/files/202108291736521048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff49a3f486---19643973706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081222d68ffe---boxatiboliriweliwevovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=an+introduction+to+combinatorial+analysis+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_off0000be62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE62 16632 bytes
SHA-256: a3e3d1172984a33fb879a3a7cd03526d6672985a884e657f8f29d34545a3802a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EC 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 6449144084bbea7bb5d01be52fa81c95848fa70f607d439e4fe359588e9da0db