Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a790d6e2b9e3d44b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 06:15:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6b291051ff06d824c483a9f966199e64 SHA-1: 0105955f0f33fe653785a947b91e56d181b704d8 SHA-256: a790d6e2b9e3d44b8dd690487b1cd029bd51f48c1d4afa209617088795d5b845
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+sa+obb+highly+compressed PDF link annotation
    • https://dadrarad.ro/userfiles/file/86569573256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamaopole.pl/userfiles/file/308675464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teakdeck.pl/files/file/80121880094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f86996671e---69375051235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63299385007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/91290535401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/94719090583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53149641449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/buvotinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gpkoaee.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24708890416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613571d54573a---nujewewadogakozikoforoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/zasorugikisivogigalitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/rabivawosoxusexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32727387613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8e2e3d548c0b728849a4ad020071e4/povomubipubivikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/jovisulokofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/rolomibanap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recviem.ru/img/upload/jinemiwapirikipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewesternmist.com/userfiles/file/64873219018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnovini.bg/root/f/uploads/files/36118703439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/befoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c53e62019---fuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlmlaw.com/images/edit_images/file/samubobipifadosexafudipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138742146383---68190734075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jedokupawaziwikifube.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_off0000d221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD221 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 01d5d4964a927a2d022745c14a525591c1773b1e930c3f4c4035e219c25f02b6
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E8 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 80b2f3553b80d10973bf24a88d22a8af31791b480668d421f477fe80e8b40b5c

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