Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5c973098e1b4611…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3960610cbd424be68f76f1b15e69f17b SHA-1: 9d8602850e7e7fa0693ef847919fe665a352083c SHA-256: a5c973098e1b46113cd91c16f03e8243dbc6381a381de77dc5793d55d45ca1ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates that the links are likely part of a scheme to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://parateam.cz/file/92109021646.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiteluvumatopemufesifoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apothepharma.com/upload/files/jipemoxuxedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364c008b038---56349540304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/67554347426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/togutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmp37atn0iafeprhb34iod6253/34928430506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/15735591788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopevifuwuvomerulafera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuzivotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/87950396342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jechrina.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/6205749710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b4ed927c9---16190800040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/baxezasoxujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsmr.us/userfiles/file/tuzedasinuterunuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chablis-gautherin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36341613934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/tuxatujeboboxaturogunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be4de8a75c---15322251205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/1023622678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/78693359122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/xodesewuxujejekuxoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifuvugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/5188139280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=genshin+impact+3gb+ram+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_off0000b777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB777 20972 bytes
SHA-256: 92749de8bfb4b14d19ab98ba0da6f4201100149813518f510523a78a3de17271
font_01_sfnt_off0000eda0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B7 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 97f9f859582b14013d8431c55c2583547357462509630e17da48e627424b1443