Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 978d2d3e38822f6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 16:25:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 50a95f8ce15197a5cf8da8f2041303e9 SHA-1: 680e2f12b280c77e5f42f972cec4fb9f4ede51d2 SHA-256: 978d2d3e38822f6dca9aaba6b2903c0a7be3fe6a10a2511a9f85e6bead40b27d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

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://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecd46d21d1df551923347ccd7ba4d66/94799856592.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed644f66b236a02adf9c7638a1c1ac0c/85151279599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea3a0cb0be52b282f94e1e36b692da00/70964516074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waxparadise.pl/userfiles/file/fadijoteworuvadulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/58335362429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cribpointonline.org/cribpointonline/userimages/file/wesiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7eaeef2481e8be1f0354c77b23ebab2/36011388745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/xelupasegisijagamoduveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/wajagopadozifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613180b94afae---23259599073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26519558543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/11431196471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oteliapelsin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepivaxofomixalera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/13319364458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/megeposibokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f563168d8---82717213015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/nogukiferazuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichtours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7787853795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/68387767852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161483e16067a9---lubefafazekigogiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rintoyo.com/userfiles/file/41578237426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/44823015680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/gusifewonebureveno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=virtual+backup+apk+pubgPDF 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_off0000da36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA36 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 919376736e86219f750a66ebc30ac7490be1719beeff5773146ec5dcc07dbe21
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16C 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 0ffc1d35afb3dc8ffa2d509b29efc65453c58ce2fcda000aab2743344e10dba7
font_02_sfnt_off00012098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12098 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1