Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b91857d6705ddd89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 17:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 75adc1fc7ad78d2735cfa8d7246fd0d7 SHA-1: c09253696ad5b4df66eaa8990be5f366d4a4e73b SHA-256: b91857d6705ddd897ba645daa1bccf6ff31de6154d622b55206bea09161de0bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple external sites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature, likely intended for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopoxokawaxunesirof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/8722351528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/pimejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finliz.lt/i/File/zazukokijakovosuxisujodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dd-inside.de/userfile/file/In PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/tafegaburotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/petidufaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cr9mpveqjcochd69cmo53idbon/68771265280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/wilevakowule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/30681546669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/29346262703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitranglani.com/upload/files/wutudofokelexefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/mipumeredomadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/42083049159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/5933852517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329306d3da3---45387094950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136caefe3d71---rafidumetumutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86283555185f2499b73da9899faefe24/tinaromulowudifizarepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/21794470798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45609428070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeharringtonhomes.com/userfiles/file/pofefejemutalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://undergroundtakeout.com/userfiles/file/fisuxidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/41413134179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodermclinic.com/file_media/file_image/file/31056579206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/23965747111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b70b167575---44305632444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=supermarket+tycoon+mania+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000b0b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C8 14596 bytes
SHA-256: 9895c3a11cdd2d1a873086c43e1b600e685f40c7a0372575425d0ffa3321a585
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2B 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 8fb802a2b47e70ec3a9d3bfb7fbfec39e1dc272abe36a3f3ad2fe520d75c7f76