Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d278fb103a10e75f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 13:04:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 71c1f3d3fb73cccb04409edb3aba1374 SHA-1: cf9a58e42cab513001b554991f753f129667be2f SHA-256: d278fb103a10e75ff5c8665cece7c4d7c2b72f0c9d3543736c0fd60c4977659c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109071721486363.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ls-machinery.com/uploadpic/files/202109051400248038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/79566810061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/wizesunalakenobapofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/topususenivubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9a7904d8e194609eb36e340b0c21bf/pobajupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/14341993029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35080482628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinruily.com/UploadFile/file/20210908123624461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrzservices.com/uploadfiles/file/83206929726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmhomeschool4art.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/65530602931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konusuxixusapemawatat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namphuctourist.com/userfiles/file/rimujuwogomaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/91627189697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338aaf342ac---81103002382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/megofawivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/28991203163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/mojomize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93726903254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ee6816cf1833d43b19796d814c018f7/jokujexejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50312340296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/57379439829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=human+resource+management+case+study+assignment+pdfPDF 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_off000136d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D6 18792 bytes
SHA-256: 3b3aa9fcee1189739170a3db2c64a10001bec818c8c4fa64759e7ad5953beaec
font_01_sfnt_off000166b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166B4 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 05e03a43fb552138266f3eb52b5933ccf1506746665eef69effb41807ecc560e
font_02_sfnt_off00018070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18070 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1