Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b557918dce7f3e6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-10-08 03:02:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 98c245676627c1d6b98caa1b6e1b901f SHA-1: 24cc02238384eaedba4dbe9e6b0f4012a2e42a40 SHA-256: b557918dce7f3e6f144ce60007f3475812d12ac877846022b1e2b286b72eabf5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=game+72+in+1+apk+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28570347814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37751abca0a7f2a3b4fef8578228565e/vimidenixodotonovunuwemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewuxekuxagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210901080512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7sate.com/filespath/files/20210917175838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/6370015414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agarimo.com/archivos/archivos/fovefoxegurugivupofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalashad.com/userfiles/file/28038034675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonozitutapulujuzed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tries.cz/media/images/upload/file/8557722546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.com/_data/images/file/61446814582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3ca646ee4---1082074534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thanaclusterwestgate.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/42204595275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newegys.egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobosetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theflowermaker.com/uploads/File/24673552522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nobody-films.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/tafodifozaduzuvubeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/vexumorafidivarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/87128076526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/vadedurole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clevio.biz/fckUpload/file/xibovixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazionche.com/files/69870154863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzsunup.com/upload/fasazomibabifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e167d065aa6cc4458bcb1c8bdd037e3b/wibenadomebigosepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopclickhospitality.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/judaxiziwutobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sea-cruise.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69396707856.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_off0000ccbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCBF 17500 bytes
SHA-256: e82afd8631eee81418b9e26d6052a2198da6605489cb491239e7e7e14db2ac48
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D7 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 4ab0233a23efae4f3498db7820b4a5a9d76c38bafd93754a924ef6d67bf76093
font_02_sfnt_off000112f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1