Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d07b489e0f966797…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 16:02:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1b36de63631641ae2baeda25f7071a40 SHA-1: a34e88af287d1142735d240c4c3da4ec017f6dca SHA-256: d07b489e0f9667979df0fb3b14580eb8ccd78e86aa0fdf6f897e934152b4992c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection. The 'Clipboard command execution lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to copy and paste content into a command-line interface, a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous external URIs, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/jetusobujo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/25640815005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigibonar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/84342925276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctorchina168.com/upload/files/82585562959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b35a17e8b---9867913261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99080020345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be8524a5c3d224cff9fe0822315cb95f/39818969134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/20837730429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/33099071330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/44369423248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff7d3f506c8---vidofipegudilorazutawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gukoretiwulojutukeneboluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bdehk830oclong6oko60mvi81/jejizunetuzozitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2g6vd9sqtod85dhbk01iivm5c/76597213158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f90b3a8dc2c---3809600568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/vubanuwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507023119705653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/sizirujapaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e929e36f5bf---98806978778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/26505143695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://${GH_TOKEN}@${GH_REFIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+create+a+new+empty+branch+in+githubPDF 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_off0000dc93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC93 18988 bytes
SHA-256: f9572899ef502a693c301ff1ce5315bac524ddd21ce72aac7f664e8f8eb407b9
font_01_sfnt_off00010df8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001260f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1260F 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 6e881b9d82a3cc718110e3fd63e9e100b6e991b9dd1844c15216a4e8ce384906