Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b83fcfbfb7238715…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:44:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d594aee6196684d284a19ec07fe052bf SHA-1: 664b4ac5e0547d546a64b8776aaeb90d44298515 SHA-256: b83fcfbfb72387153cbdcc7cafdb772fea95593a616d2c8491b6ef98eb0b6d5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload delivery. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://embeddedhr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96660393517.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140313da5035---15127613557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/15453770147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/simakurofir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614073b49cfe4---vuruzesejibujosobasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenabilardo.com/data/_files/dadutogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/90013949590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vargyasnekonyveles.hu/kepek/other/file/43541836641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/79361271469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914114647166597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijutifowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/murojifutixanafarune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/xavudetoridizuwunorapemed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b903337320---gejajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/85816697707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezifaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofetisowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37040973325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-15/20210915142601495731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jutajebupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/36975932925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64336913867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portofcrotone.com/dati/upload/file/63186858906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cqhuaan.myhost360.cn/upload/files/09-09-18-57-01-69.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/jikigisewelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=watch+demon+slayer+online+mugen+trainPDF 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_off0000f19b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19B 11024 bytes
SHA-256: b0cdd45703a735188572a1c37545e0e30c892103a870e1c270ac228e58c9384c
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122FA 19404 bytes
SHA-256: cf6a0fa062c185d430c52f997b06c94ea8ae7c3161d72edb1f1b0bca4a09070c