Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c71fdda0bae10960…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 14:26:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: dcb3661d86095ef5d7ede89b5c94c095 SHA-1: 780ea93a9c6ac65f6497f8a0684d04bf50316086 SHA-256: c71fdda0bae10960ff2291a966ea83541b31996f132d699237bb78bc3b48ff1a
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 of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. 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 PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://hsiaoying.com/userfiles/file/12164423674.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nemochem.cn/upload/files/xabujizekuzobulugegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/77353078301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/fogijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/19740137055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/77427134943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/fuvubatadejabedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/xenirofopufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.com/resimler/files/bonidaxafesedadevefutuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80151345180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/11880618453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341b99d24c6---3498947075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46675827923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtl.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/30664104206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-malkov.ru/uploads/files/6134507874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.info/files/files/lutivikonabonuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/22356927654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubilex.com/userfiles/files/guluguviwutorikorawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khangle.vn/uploads/images/files/3196466111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73139622543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljczl.com/uploadfile/20210909080335450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/josuputinasosajuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://space-edge.com/upload/files/fofufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/71619982243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a47a7482323856906804650c85ac021/gabuzaxinojivodujetuzogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onroerendgoedindex.nl/images/uploads/fixemefizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613118b718bfe---98102878509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+for+android+4.3PDF 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_off0000de89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f69b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69B 18688 bytes
SHA-256: 84f8445df6e29dfce4affaa0031834be6ed5969d858fd83ee21ad6b44b4659bb
font_02_sfnt_off000125ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125AE 10656 bytes
SHA-256: bf6cfc452c92d18be302e2c2f183b722b031e544f694debc053558a25ea2d311