Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2fcc814f1ca5d4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 22:44:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ba1411fc8bdb0bb3dd25dc1e526b45e4 SHA-1: f6fbb412b29a5bf198b927d54378be047a48eadf SHA-256: d2fcc814f1ca5d4b1aef5aab811bf9c0309f83a3bbec4f9ada9cf499bda06d8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution vehicle. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=top+single+player+games+2021
    • http://dienlanhhuubinh.com/upload/files/kugavetusudijodokosezuju.pdf
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23498534935.pdf
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.net/upload/50578243326.pdf
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/zapaso.pdf
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429e18d5f9c---96771269862.pdf
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/18393532496.pdf
    • http://geodeslaboratori.eu/userfiles/files/98476504334.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613781bf2d636---xuvofiwemigaxoxativir.pdf
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71152109666.pdf
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/bexeto.pdf
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/pufilibegutidenazo.pdf
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/56458115172.pdf
    • https://soi.icami.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakagavetijag.pdf
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/54723157679.pdf
    • http://macierz-grodziec.org/files/file/60916777565.pdf
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14960747722.pdf
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85910809084.pdf
    • http://webcertain.asia/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/ludipa.pdf
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109220355464916.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161439ba7e10f7---dibobetisasikodone.pdf
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/71498194807.pdf
    • http://antracit.topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/zixaguwenuwutexubafa.pdf
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/54995308700.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c9c1048c8f---kolakabogimurefogoketu.pdf
    • http://www.cst.rnu.tn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/norawavoxen.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd7f.bin
78e125f8f1c8335acc0dad8a9fdefc82727cebb8ca12ced7e896642fe7f6092a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7F 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba7.bin
a65c719aae9daa6b4d1266f1deb2367f2fbd9103db2589588e24ca86160cb02c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA7 10868 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124db.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124DB 16792 bytes