Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ada339961bbe8d1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:18:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 85e54973c703f2c413caa3aae5c81143 SHA-1: 2dd767eb8285736bec63eeeb58f85b5bb0da0fa7 SHA-256: ada339961bbe8d1bb64cae0e24dd725e7b10231b4e9a4b971d6af80d7db67db2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further payloads or engage in phishing activities. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit browser vulnerabilities or redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210911094534_mspgbt.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f69d9632cb---vebakisug.pdf
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39376737279.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b5653f1ee---jobotigezosuzo.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c503dc9fc8---lasovilezozezage.pdf
    • https://yenicekentkaplicasi.com/userfiles/file/pejebuf.pdf
    • http://www.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94690509.pdf
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/namovevefezof.pdf
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/43537078484.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/61938374621.pdf
    • https://tradingphrases.net/userfiles/files/pixiforovobato.pdf
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/fabiregepubaseki.pdf
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613904dabf10e---powilukinu.pdf
    • http://yuhao-tech.com/userfiles/file/vaxovuperaz.pdf
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents/files/jovesefakilugus.pdf
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/bulevikoganubabirovez.pdf
    • http://sk-uralstroy.ru/uploads/files/91035096291.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143df2d6edf4---30179201181.pdf
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.co/userfiles/file/kiwitujixizuxigilarivufa.pdf
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51473490.pdf
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0v2830rlmsng33tt22n8525jj/16689320829.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=hooking+up+2009+full+movie+online
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cbab.bin
68752cd6da6876ff7816840884619523094ed64d57faf2f90b93fd2b2b986ed1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBAB 10832 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4a3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcb5.bin
b4b34b8fe77343e4eab540c617a96184665029b2c678d3ed9ddb61b0a65fa813
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB5 16968 bytes