Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b661b97dcc06c894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 20:57:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 5d605f43fe7ac71e08bcd8b5c575b946 SHA-1: 32b2c8564a9107622cbbc624a93c7f851d1232e3 SHA-256: b661b97dcc06c8948e8b8ba881151c116033b78b16281480c89d63ef30be6ede
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+sun+joe+pressure+washer+for+car PDF link annotation
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hafb71k7rvrrn2n90oovnfmmj0/34964546038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/xiboxijulusidujugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sintsprev-ms.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tixavorowusanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/87299921028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoga-privates.com/yoga-privates/file/957378608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/nosanutused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/noxazepafogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/16837788149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecf181d1577---44272719468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nueka928p30sem21oud0llakj2/44903228533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dufilonetezadazufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89600874579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/92343532260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f86d4ec1ad---xonaxorexiwevosifodaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffe95b4e1341d7f29a3c1a6b319153e9/gomunenujodegaxubeved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161193b4764e33---nelakepuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/figoxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e553f384f4---92518319201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764c0f99241---67595285783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohs69.com/clients/82366/File/juvabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shjkyq.com/up_files/FCK/file/39105933575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/89309587245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/21485051143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74dd94f0dd19110ee1cc69a76546ef8d/48385977563.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_off0000e78c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE78C 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 7b97b895ff5716e8360b2ccb79aa5939313a203fe761e5361d9ea78b285c3135
font_01_sfnt_off0001139c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1139C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB3 10808 bytes
SHA-256: c7c79c98c21230120f0af4511dcf3677e7d617073307bf7754451e570e28eb70