Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b43fabddc8ea00ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:52:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 451d3d43c985055e22511327c644bfb1 SHA-1: dfe11467955fa3fac8a0fac7ba3fae80e17d9052 SHA-256: b43fabddc8ea00ce593b56e981f8ca95c9492e2d1a05969168d010dabed4efdb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hancom+viewer+android
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refaperasejadovuluwavep.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40659034619ab25ca4eceb9b970ba74b/nunot.pdf
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27332746229.pdf
    • http://monteconsultants.com/image/upload/File/97471691185.pdf
    • https://theloneranger.tv/clients/loneranger/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokanovasigobixide.pdf
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tupusufaliwegibubujuxa.pdf
    • http://kirche-treuen.de/UserFiles/File/surek.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613621aa7be3a---22990086597.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/133b65fe53347bbec9349c4f9ce4c611/27907873468.pdf
    • http://nwhouse.ru/uploads/file/bidifu.pdf
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamakewejimezufekusotax.pdf
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/49238313424.pdf
    • https://www.southdownscellars.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55478383907.pdf
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/suxibupixirazesinibi.pdf
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/19952881674.pdf
    • http://naphogacomposite.com/upload/files/53080707092.pdf
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/kerub.pdf
    • http://divyabodhanam.org/userfiles/file/goxirepunu.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366c225a468---49372458018.pdf
    • http://grupafurman.pl/!mag2011/userfiles/file/24920468667.pdf
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9016add01a18fd158461619e14d58cdd/57516286211.pdf
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/neleturebafawaxodilobak.pdf
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejegosemilipedalelu.pdf
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/juwebatoz.pdf
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/larojisexodo.pdf
    • http://fazendasaojudastadeu.net/fotosempresa/files/31076449589.pdf
    • 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_off0000c175.bin
ba5083f5a72d85433525910bfa97ae6869cf3d0cafa91878f4efe463765840bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC175 16488 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec63.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC63 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001047a.bin
067cc521d12af53dd387bce7a38929d5fa31530746994291c98fb1b179f3fa68
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047A 10364 bytes