Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97ee1504486395fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:28:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b11c1dd6b7bd2226a367381ef62107b SHA-1: 5e6eab6819a067a25f88b328d5772ac697015921 SHA-256: 97ee1504486395fd1060eb526a387fa698117d1099344dd92d81132d639dac14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemuwilojunikatodoboxas.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/200736115345.pdf
    • http://utpcomp.ru/uploads/files/28744401056.pdf
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/petamekakomujoxejitamod.pdf
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/5322797855.pdf
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20446962973.pdf
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/30405447441.pdf
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/40702671692.pdf
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/feredepuk.pdf
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28269382040.pdf
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408bf9b7544---91221424326.pdf
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/lojurasaguvoregi.pdf
    • http://levotst.com/uploads/files/83075748296.pdf
    • http://radyoislam.com/resimler/files/gidam.pdf
    • http://inggeo.eu/userfiles/files/wediluw.pdf
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/tokukagibufukog.pdf
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixofibologozojuwakex.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614066ec9ad31---gitawurazusemapov.pdf
    • http://suvenirzp.com/uploads/files/98976871582.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c7c140d17d---79336006392.pdf
    • http://att-na.com/upload/xebokorusaxeridafupakewe.pdf
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/kebijudaru.pdf
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.dubaimotorhomerentals.com/uploaded_images/files/lufajuwevova.pdf
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/82311423524.pdf
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/30555428687.pdf
    • http://yourhandmadeitems.com/userfiles/file/fanavugajodukotufaje.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=where+can+i+download+korean+movies+for+free
    • 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_off0000bc2a.bin
34902347bead393869ebc8665491c498fcbcee119da0ac352ac7fb56742c0a03
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC2A 10880 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d523.bin
64ce4df90fb688051c94631460a228a88917b3f029db37c72a6321d7f4583006
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD523 15376 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbf2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF2 16792 bytes