Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf4e013234ed0e67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 15:55:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 94aa1450c7185a9891461f956810c1a9 SHA-1: 262c9912f4b60b58c12895ebe65ebfbb03c33242 SHA-256: bf4e013234ed0e671ba12c19116c74b4e38587f75197b8025fced0620d62fd77
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this as a phishing trojan, and the ML classifier strongly agreed. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=judicial+branch+in+a+flash+worksheet+p.2+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/zebagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/tedasovevufiviluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungder.com/upload/49909472073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613739ee8a62c---79842785325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/nodasudireko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moborekujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/xaridoxinazutabodawewubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ea6c325f8812a0950d4bf963c7ccdf/75743616662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioimaychaybo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/68941089730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikekarugamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d99f8aab7---mefodapetajonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarenpinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80419048590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fb09121d9---memaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/10921448553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dumudeloxubanojixinibuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312bb5dcef2---13149630868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/14144251664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210902_183234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yantrasearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipowanibumovixaduke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetosofimegogunig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atsamuihaus.com/image/upload/File/27743608512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/19044782354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suwebofaxujusijudun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/xivapagazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/87915988839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/zisezixolurut.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_off0000f382.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF382 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B94 17524 bytes
SHA-256: c933bb0e7e45213a6dc914fffa83f4713a82269b7da63528f3d853e210bf9105
font_02_sfnt_off000138e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138E5 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 6e983ef486187521982594b3d21591c286dbd608f9db21e82e2b4ca5ab9688aa