Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 995ee81017a549b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 22:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3595dc478abdf38d441913b7406b4b4c SHA-1: 498f2bd260027ccf82065ccecac74b32192099b6 SHA-256: 995ee81017a549b33e45b9d096373f7490d958b73a931c64fcb18f4ac0e22971
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malicious link distribution scheme, as indicated by the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not fully analyzed for specific actions, likely contributes to the malicious functionality by facilitating redirection or further exploitation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/7336980860.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92b4287119dde063c13cf131d8928072/98416607369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/8520812333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henseltech.cz/userfiles/file/5711371206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cb9074666---dejeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613123eedb176---66092917866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/24195696738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/44655146438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78192891067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47b03e9f94651cbf17e5dae0d47bf9fa/funuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thailonghoang.vn/upload/files/95817567285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltechma.com/zdjecia/fck/file/sepatupefazafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/44919782425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/49235648897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/74646151702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77088626363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babijie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912192958302219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/wotirugerufaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16735939903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hikd4dk6a8aetq7rosoelvc60/99116516003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogeologicotrilobite.com/userfiles/files/futagidawafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+create+a+photo+folder+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d9af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9AF 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 95ad630eff16466914761a7ca11c37d12ad3db6c194234000a7ac67614cb9a90
font_01_sfnt_off00010934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10934 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 734124e2bde831d98eaeb85d68bd7bcb345005939910d0f5242f056580d8d3fe
font_02_sfnt_off00012167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12167 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1