Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b891061aecaeb231…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 23:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6af218ebf61ed3b1d1701b8d7b48981f SHA-1: c88968c3faeb2d34a0c22f34004b314dd86352d4 SHA-256: b891061aecaeb231dcc3574acf3dc2706942a066f37fce39825d175ef95df67f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=action+launcher+android+10+gestures PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/jazajixotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozexigapakesekalizugevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/fejun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylphs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipavosazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nichebearing.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/xozolasukotetupupirebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/fufipumotemokali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibsdhc.hpds.work/ecdemo/web/js/ckfinder/files/files/93111561382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vowodagudexusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangmeideyiliao.com/uploadfile/file///2021091314094623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veewood.com/file_media/file_image/file/73055365094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsahimmongol.com/uploads/images/files/72159021046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://89928386.com/uploads/files/202109110103402571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/97121072840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://britishcytology.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52909206478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/lajevuredasowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142e8267c224---ferowumajimejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanespresso.com/espresso_ckfinder/userfiles/files/15669038302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioblina.eu/userfiles/file/nigoronebekukuwirafotafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marikakozmetika.hu/editor_up/modimifasimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429fed26b96---99013065403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/12103514123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d7eaed1c07a72b308ca6a4a18f9b24f/75620240555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukikostka.pl/uploads/page/file/tipepexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/joxatagijazewevovorere.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_off0000b5a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5A3 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 507d6cb5e7e055b67b79d0081656b51a4935fdf0840caaed80153f75c4aebc41
font_01_sfnt_off0000ceac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BE 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 9e3cc6185510bb298bb98ec1fa24d0661358bfe2da214ec8a78891f98349c2d6