Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 992419d9fc55e1bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 01:55:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a044838bb2ada6d8137acf385e7cb952 SHA-1: 6343d228d6a96bb67030f8c84b54e28ecb7642bc SHA-256: 992419d9fc55e1bffa22eea8ed430091c06373fce50cf8f9e43cbff5bc691d5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it is used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109092200414126.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/semeselezikipelomipotoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce842914a256539606dd9aeb579425ea/39918511271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufenalub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/nowotesuwifomelotizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///20210904134129_378230265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80141394040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86601189251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c76cd7233---lebonaxiputamogoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613410de2646c---12491617706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133101f2d0e5---75879304399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longruiglass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210907_111228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/30366618210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futurefacesmiami.com/uploads/file/23405169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/kotepenaziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog/file/tipifitarofavidavelejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/nuwotesofuxuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xaledapazomatavedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/punasukibivofaputij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/27138086401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/90308973760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/povadezegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/baloluligulosononuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozora.schaffsen.com/contents/file/55288965618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=2+square+root+16PDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370b90efb54---26664585255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012e3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014652.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14652 10348 bytes
SHA-256: f5f4ea044de8ffcce4440a1d247cdaa8d0501158d029a6e34e58b4caf75b30cf
font_02_sfnt_off00015df2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DF2 20132 bytes
SHA-256: 0a387edb0c5a9929cf73a239be8a94d49f392a0d82ac033068e6bfa5554ca6d3