Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce42204738d4b3ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:16:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3e71cd344ab690cea7cda37f1080ed1f SHA-1: b8f761fba36072f5077e155fcddb4608c585f1e6 SHA-256: ce42204738d4b3bad5ca1b5fd8da3c919c1c51e6881244bccb92739f489eee71
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://luligang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38884936142.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://joeun-it.com/userData/board/file/79230396876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenhquangcao.vn/uploads/files/tukemuniwofeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/38722323698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/zevijigamevejewevipanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393372e6b50---6375046262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myrbacken.se/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexixosagofare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayinmaunhat.com/upload/files/13999729758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/51811318287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epgeptech.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15531483531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdvebjegrf52diqmvs3lqi8911/35445187030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pbdvtd0mqfctc5q7e852c33n0/37482234280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/50791149759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dazazivatokorawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pesesitifatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa917c8a202ad8562dfd35bc205eb0a3/49397755876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/vusiranus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/filufupegupuvugasasetasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.socksnbows.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41247856491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/48745398645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaomamma.hu/editor_up/vutalitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327478df850---73654764594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/65590266787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142fc165f810---gidoribabasejifizemute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=prokaryotic+cell+and+eukaryotic+cell+compare+and+contrastPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/savexerubis.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_off0000d1e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1E2 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 3ce8454d498ad799d86907880fea951db250d0a4c56cdcf8ac38dfbab8cf2dee
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC5 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 30143f0928778aecaaf6feb16490dccf51c05ee7454a8321f75cba665cb81fea
font_02_sfnt_off00011851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11851 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1