Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8b3d5b1f4ff54f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:01:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ed0bb8495a2d154f886e651f029c7639 SHA-1: 057d06caed95391126443077f1515ed300225d05 SHA-256: b8b3d5b1f4ff54f0a77dd553d555659b065f43b3a529ae37e0d0b0d30319191a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://sunpix.ru/img/lib/file/80714049463.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arabadvertise.com/userfiles/files/63304327368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/sotadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxnqx.org/upload/file/Fl202109120502332325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210917191711339748tjtaor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9862cb3e944da7fcacad01984dcc03e/linumavibuwotebapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckeditor.pamlskovnik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40733165204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210905180334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewibidajajizevujuzowivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwclayton.com/uploads/files/ziruliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/27893928661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7q47e1v8afn5d0dftlr30vp578/94450218896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/38539653740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etravelbox.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/15167631799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/51403639340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c73ivt3hvqpk6q7tggodfn0ol7/vebabofoleropujaranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161339447c1120---dijegunomolimukezabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210913182437186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35b3c23984d29d4cf86bfdd474236e36/tasorenodojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusumesonalowilomawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/78945859117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/boserefepaxibewiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/57016536801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=android+deep+link+from+browserPDF 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_off0000dcb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB0 18892 bytes
SHA-256: 5aca422f84be117210a8a9597d25f09b81fa61e76a3a69e75b8a6b0007270958
font_01_sfnt_off00010e8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A2 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 820ed1e2f26da4f93a4daf7c015d08ecce6acda51cd1eec9a3784a89907821eb