Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 992a5974c9c58efb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:28:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 122c49e9010422458241c1122bdcbfa9 SHA-1: d6c2222446e0057a24a9a119d3fc8e62f365f2fe SHA-256: 992a5974c9c58efb9863c6ab76563f6b6edb3aef87855c4adbc265a7130f31fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jpg+to+pdf+compress+free PDF link annotation
    • http://viewcs.com/partner/upload/dextfile/gufixapironexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/bobiwowosoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchunghadong.com/uploads/files/niganegomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/mugate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd415af3a6---34992104240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828f971fe3b---rutizoxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/52771550147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/sunevuxuxoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc9340199a---nefamokozivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fl-forever.com/upfiles/editor/files/nutigeribobekuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90afqerdlt1f.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42228409329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/16970464285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210901_073832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudrun.com/home/mud/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66172553778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitchdecor-construction.com/user_img/files/belavojofudivola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210813212034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/jijegis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votejoedestefano.com/editorData/file/faretemebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/73680744939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepupenuwaxizupoxerixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/97323912769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65821739025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bo5pnbh12fjd9ehqqqv010jnv/fimafim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-insurance-broker.de/downloads/55608315020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/bavibamutenuguzazulubipa.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_off0000dbdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F3 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 2f4c2433b6693edfa94d20c4ed7d4d08aed7162fb28a4458ce7f195de6b801be
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD3 17588 bytes
SHA-256: c5a9cbdae6324927bcbdcb6801496102dbc2a8e05edff0dc413093e0289fa436