Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a63a783ff53583c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:13:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 09ef1c18c10f77acf9d695582303a5e3 SHA-1: c2b1cfe4f68cb3d5afa3672749570f6dbe707c54 SHA-256: a63a783ff53583c91cb86bdf1f34832a8eac59ec76020cebb63495178fb667dc
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 or 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 initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=book+pre+intermediate+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/73918155074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380a1c95857---pivodimotupejibikudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwcecckolkata.org/FCKeditor/file/49153522217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kituzalivotibot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/54979097791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamant-x.sk/UserFiles/file/86464495294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/juranipujowizudelogupigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/misilijutafewijawedena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzsienis.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/31287682799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/42387827065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75232914311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/48509583041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangguanhardware.com/userfiles/file/91787486049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392571bc9c7---fewuvaxazuributufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/62961159515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/xofalinupetuzowuzupikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210905051132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47491763909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/juluvapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://champion-osk.pl/userfiles/file/jiburumagarixarasijiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oikoscoccatoarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/47774616313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8862b798208e8f11418a7dee616897db/99429776184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/34523513319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/73158533105.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d0b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0B3 22000 bytes
SHA-256: 511dc61b0ebc7bf3fec7a61028335a8802f6f9c552e8748a4e32d2efe34df1c0
font_01_sfnt_off0001077b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F8C 16232 bytes
SHA-256: e06ebeaa2bb94d9bf14337b0794fec2c9c4a66e30291689b6f6234bfe360c8a5
font_03_sfnt_off00013570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13570 10588 bytes
SHA-256: bd2aefd4feb7d29b7ad4fdf8f24822869f8dd848ad4ec419c4ed7076dc516f3d