Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1b9502c50f5db95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-10-02 10:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e3f338598a8909fa80f4a8ec34db7b7a SHA-1: 92de915bd0e9d8832963a078e5063166e3d8ef39 SHA-256: d1b9502c50f5db95ea1c7945845ddb4c9199749013ed92a8c6b850e83f1d0f51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly indicates a phishing or content-distribution attack. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=there+will+come+soft+rains+vocabulary+and+comprehension+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://superlitefan.com/uploads/files/27184661697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417a04cb420---17536159848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33516277820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/wiwugoruzumubepaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161460db35132b---woxifukulavekawuwosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents/files/91627612962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05cee734c956d7b1f0946c4f8b3f704e/94039520289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144cb197d933---29821396524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39185023425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/kawaworul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/09/21/file/20210921_035521_122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/65251737131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munelenogitetuzorurebove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citygclub.com/ckupload/files/niropivimatoban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/84317150156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/wazirejaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/zuwuvatulupowodebidemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/39767296079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e71c1625de47296ab4883e2a4f9d96f/jelitaminose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuason.vn/upload/files/tezisavudedewiwoxinowobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/09-10-09-56-36-51.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyuco.com/uploadfile/files/20210915_223232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/96805689509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2c8b505dc---nudalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatcanidoforyou.eu/publish/file/11718576242.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_off0000b63f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB63F 15748 bytes
SHA-256: 874f33705894758bca429d869e9ba60a1f82f86d898ae82274b263a4e8d233a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000de77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f68e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68E 11352 bytes
SHA-256: ebf80fa919067f37e5064747200ee3694d7301a3749882890a095cd3b32ac3c9