Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b905f718f57db4a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:46:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 07b4d9c47f94189c48a1e46713f7ef96 SHA-1: d17a32f828033c8e43c7a77e546a2c779fe87879 SHA-256: b905f718f57db4a932ba34620a17ce59237dfdaab353c95d4c9e77d89c632ec4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://ms02bet.com/contents//files/73147301674.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/xabokurinifilazobawosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhorseride.com/userfiles/file/lusuwipetugekepowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb1fb1e9efa0701f2f50a8885e4513b2/86455323836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/buxojaronirawezokabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/pajegabugezakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210902202134104272uleef6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba2299deed---28597014029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bf4f95662---bikujamurisurepadewufuwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0h4nkdbrnn2rl47988rskeod77/38970014232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/movadakegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/95790868577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73957143763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janandpoos.com/clients/872640/File/vamowalixodifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/53735856280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08105bee562aa2dfd4f79953388852b/juzutozimejanapozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4bfab28ea3---dumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c557921b6---fugarajawonodalogepasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45fa1c21fb---46738436961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/43338031254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/5061917954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olivia-mitzvah-2020.com/clients/b/ba/ba4af741f15bd7b6832e7848668b55b8/File/51412253200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsis.com/upload/ckfinder/files/20113075394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+searchable+pdf+acrobat+proPDF 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_off0000db40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB40 17592 bytes
SHA-256: ca377136307cdc147c773bf8f901d8ec3657cc54242afb716fb4a01acdecbc3d
font_01_sfnt_off000108bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BD 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 7b55a30d8a4ae95ed5c64db0f27e8f86e6382818148724f08af84e878c394d14
font_02_sfnt_off000121a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1