Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d39de9cef769efd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:47:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fb6917323da2c1bda80c68209585ac16 SHA-1: c4e81b13e452afc62dcbed73589194d493d9bf29 SHA-256: d39de9cef769efd0121d8ebd208428ab1579c3d199cad67c30683ede23d15719
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this, pointing towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the malicious payload delivery or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/laxuxegezader.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2600dab1e---dozagovevobofepasowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135573b36cb1---sanisexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singlesync.com/userfiles/file/33166586512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb578bb1d9---lekumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/mizubifixalipesem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/63660229007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renhedc.com/uploads/files/202109071053051966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a79641adee0fbd9649129d75d3eb6eb4/6274425152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6df1c15c6cde7c5c4c102b5f5c8a1957/8427444419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/tedanepinogepabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibikid.ru/upload/16687729234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/mejotodunujamolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrpad32ka27m8vvr62oqm0atlq/fujalabavevomov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kodisekixaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95002250525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunsin.net/userfiles/file/jutomitujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/wugugiberuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/4556712324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aspbae.org/userfiles/file/98314086280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/74534068444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/dixopojomiterojupiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/88606255038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/timefix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/83597712343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=williamson+macroeconomics+solutions+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_off0000ddef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDEF 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 420829bfc9f60156d18645da43b0587358f2084c4590dbbecb4ed299a987dec8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f70f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F21 19356 bytes
SHA-256: f2288fc67594cc068892e17ae835c28cc75a374514f740925240c8e95a7e2977