Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 986a625edfa4f178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-24 21:37:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4bf55a87a566fef893c4d36e5a4d5501 SHA-1: 6889245b5c729c235ee6822beb4bf85d1da3b273 SHA-256: 986a625edfa4f1787b124773415a55ef754a98922d1b9c80a1a1db3b9f06bb60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/wogudonabifujale.pdf
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/pedemepipe.pdf
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0824b5cb40893339bd8aedc70afc7bb4/97855698943.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed3f756a12---regok.pdf
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/fonebut.pdf
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-9/file/LwpCms2021_09_22_18_58_21_4637.pdf
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/dusupakatijabowukidowi.pdf
    • http://abwcockeysville.com/uploads/files/60246538231.pdf
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/51043166446.pdf
    • http://ls12368.com/userfiles/file/33895978434.pdf
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/retopajoba.pdf
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c970dc1a8a6250d8aa42b29d4df131d/30486900086.pdf
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70720814232.pdf
    • http://tpt.taipei/asset/uploads/files/jofibuvanubomajaseje.pdf
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/zofutunejevaxopomozuvunu.pdf
    • http://recit-de-vie.fr/userfiles/file/bofav.pdf
    • http://savitaco.com/uploads/images/files/nodowofenolegevefuxizugiv.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931f9e64138671c6fea84a9815f6f95c/19985999847.pdf
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/dosomoxajozujebedibo.pdf
    • http://candleelectricals.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/3493517959.pdf
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/46268904062.pdf
    • http://tion.hu/upload/file/37734169815.pdf
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/kazufosubimopivuwasib.pdf
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/91185225262.pdf
    • http://ohmytour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210918_A73ED276C67F01C5.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=twelve+pillars+jim+rohn+free+pdf
    • 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_off0000b4c6.bin
781fe3522cd19b811b5edfd47ce49dd15f31b14e639a6aad3880ff305891b096
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4C6 16532 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df04.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF04 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f71b.bin
7fbcc1f3cddb548467245c91434dde2dc18f4baeb808d2b67d7e3bf184a7e39a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF71B 10908 bytes