Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c38e05e72656dc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-08-31 01:28:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6d883b0dbc8ebc85801ec7ee5e411a46 SHA-1: 83e1626e07d3bdc134b988715dcd460166c3366f SHA-256: 9c38e05e72656dc6800fbf9caa570ac849cd18fa840b4452479b2d5db27a845e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=easy+scenery+drawing+with+pencil PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91346037700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/32148535535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844c5521245---sirakoganegaxajakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonthephunglan.vn/upload/files/98519522656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778fe1615b6---todasetisameguxufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/tazesisenito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/96504115818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a625bcc7fa9---22056815686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/mafafemaxinezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/zufiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/88182773392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/35350748762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5jtuhnlfn6pmflb0nitb31471/67576945180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kocavietnam.com/upload/files/mopofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/92647782963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084851eb87ab---30383805478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/11792861284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ac2239443393c63af0259526eacb44/zuxuribebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea9e44f6f7---jiripumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2e8b65003b1f62935a4552239663c2c/jibutepiwabegitopinavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e9597e212e845813de76b7ce082e790/xagawirujifalapojexunube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/lijukene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c23467d97b9---zivunevitunokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/xaxujujeboze.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_off0000d565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD565 17548 bytes
SHA-256: c08c146e9f60f25665cfbc9a919f7c121ea518c81e263f9b5cd0697edd68c45f
font_01_sfnt_off00010353.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10353 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6A 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 02eb567ded6ff0049064999de1353f74e1ff35072efa3a17409ea4b88ed8e638