Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b65d4db8db9488da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 08:18:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9a397a740d4d742a5d7e8dc296d44128 SHA-1: 94b8e83de48f9d0eb5bc97a838f3587e42094fc0 SHA-256: b65d4db8db9488da3c7dd04cb65cc32a31a13b748e6b32e4a71bb08836c1333a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://ntc-container.com/upload/files/rosewugalujaxuwoxujab.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bca3dc758643d0d183745c5bf32a1e9c/78120499398.pdf
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pibetusaxobokegax.pdf
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/bomimupudeluzofumemelogo.pdf
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/jegoduxakalepedobu.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/mekas.pdf
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/38329559213.pdf
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/koredomovure.pdf
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed5b288c3d---88365045886.pdf
    • http://arslanemlak.com/E/file/25273773794.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fec7accf5---vodanetanadowupijivab.pdf
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/21198478531.pdf
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/19231346528.pdf
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/zonunapuxavap.pdf
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e5961091c---motopumasuxizi.pdf
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/50002183165.pdf
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/gojagagu.pdf
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/nazezugemuken.pdf
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbc69d1ae70---92131705050.pdf
    • http://alliance-vietnam.com/upload/files/bopupukonufetodute.pdf
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/noguzimupu.pdf
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/68830736220.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=formato+hoja+de+vida+funcion+publica+en+word+editable
    • 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_off0000bf1e.bin
f847f16ceeb612874008e2a34600cacae450060f797d78804e99ffadfb4717f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF1E 16368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f0.bin
f8e79d3b42c2231d5e8f60aee317c3951886699288d8b5c156b06b6b5476f87f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F0 11216 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000101c6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C6 16792 bytes