Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b38e7eac456c448b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 13:14:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 99a9483768c0dc8ee800476dcbbdc523 SHA-1: b40c392681f23c850f44bedb9971ec01e2f653aa SHA-256: b38e7eac456c448bf0195b4d3733d98f65b4cccc29f0de88ef21c7e4870cf12a
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 heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or a trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72835811208.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zoldjogsi.hu/uploads/files/21454793797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_B4F5ABE8E736274C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/92483460602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/deziko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orkoien.com/userfiles/files/99476376417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/20593870992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/zilamafozotopedasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77969033010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nachtruhe.info/up/files/xulosumaxogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87792588739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/runuzotanowiwufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/49959229687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/sinudowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungculamdep.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/jebesirududixexizakugemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents/files/segikosokagizazude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/vubesuxuxirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132faeef15c5---lidutufevapejiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380329aa0da---64946557513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenboo.vn/uploads/files/tijunugepuzokibolelamoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/gajejezorejogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ij35q7oop1r0orefc4hhhvdn/15829208031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lrf9pccefk6u6bjaifi2k3inf/77413467214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/ronotugerarafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzgbh.news-read.com/upload/files/wurogojiwogovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/58484343375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=esc+valve+guidelines+2017+pdfPDF 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_off0000c6c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ded5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED5 17936 bytes
SHA-256: 85370b4cece244f34ecab2627384267f2ce83c52c6766d2248f1c78a2b3753eb
font_02_sfnt_off00010d19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D19 10972 bytes
SHA-256: aade92f34ddccca840d1b89b0064aee51d7ddaa7d80d4054bc84006b7ca01234