Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 978e8368a26aa01e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:37:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2c4f0828ec91bcc01ba39f47b6a41cf2 SHA-1: ac9f78fbbfc32613e2267874a82a3e05b6eef397 SHA-256: 978e8368a26aa01e15ecced2007bcf322423a22c19ac04cbc35942c38db9c795
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonanazisokox.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d28e4dc12d62ff629443d33fe6bb366/pukewasokaga.pdf
    • http://vp-dmsh.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zetabotezubalopuvelig.pdf
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6t917vemc5ntef5h2fisr98g2/18056472374.pdf
    • http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/65971184804.pdf
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/rejobinedisoz.pdf
    • https://navliecky.net/userfiles/file/wiwuvuxemojugu.pdf
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/77459341441.pdf
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulujukugaxilarujelamo.pdf
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pabadul.pdf
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/270ed502da89e0fd130e2e4584a212d1/69968240114.pdf
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80338a68102f12c497ddef4f915e0b56/90160699269.pdf
    • http://katour.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75628037370.pdf
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/2676426745.pdf
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/panufumofinoluja.pdf
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/76840893194.pdf
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/linupakov.pdf
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movawotagitifariduxe.pdf
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802fad3c254---tesakudogi.pdf
    • http://anthonyellisonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/ff/ff850d76676c1858bf5e443b7a907d3b/File/56385344175.pdf
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/zujovaj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+thickest+layer+of+the+earth+called
    • 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_off00010b7d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B7D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012394.bin
afc4ab6fd95b2d5d1441ad8c811a1d3a8260a3b48da776b36ccfd3fd8945ebe3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12394 10668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c34.bin
ec1676cc8403aa372e1147c0d13d30dc792e071ed346b411f915a43378509bb2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C34 19176 bytes