Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 993fbbd4256d0dd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 11:36:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 63321b559baf1f0d827bad222363fb3b SHA-1: aef8c61bffca838fc906da3b763b114bbda61e4d SHA-256: 993fbbd4256d0dd9ac31d1b570978b05084d24e2521428afbb52a9122585db9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using link farms on less reputable domains. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, serving as a lure for phishing or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://ms1oke.com/contents/files/rexiwobuvup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/torakabukirifutiganeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/37989332940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/65457799988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/46452195765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunghiephuylog.com/upload/files/23255880650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/xajolokifuvoxuwisemajemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307a5f06c36---debana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7sate.com/filespath/files/20210909070651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1630979902_b4689e1350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c9fadd25b---waxubesemipibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vntattoosupply.net/uploads/image/files/tijujugifebotilakijaleke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexelenenoliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd002e7406---naseneferimutolagorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skia22.ru/pic/file/11635549149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazionche.com/files/fapokedozemolatoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210901_135137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/kilezafirixorafowosusib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4e15812fc---37576396257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+on+modals+for+class+7PDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ce57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE669 18332 bytes
SHA-256: 045781d20cde5ebf9ffffd7f0cc610a5809eb3341459a4bc797dfba8daabceb0
font_02_sfnt_off00011519.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11519 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 95d29142a2d4ae8a55a2ba323aa0bcce9cccaaf9dc120e6d2895ddb4ec5aead1