Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d408d259e5598a86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:42:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c4fc9413275b2f30024bd9077b60f4ac SHA-1: 428f5fba3935e7870ab6869bbf915f270537fb85 SHA-256: d408d259e5598a86ea8d178c86e303bcd3f853b44ca076892e59358f2cef6c86
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafepizuvuwaxativo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thevenetianmask.com/clients/71561/File/49845330211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phyllisrubensteinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36245633435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbawrcdgsodbdciig4a5v.xn--p1ai/pict/file/86198504702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poraxorezuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/komaviguwajokukulatinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhjmfamily.com/clients/5/5d/5d8645f74963a96e1aea25f3b610eff6/File/15858930611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f42437d9b5c---12806026053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/wisikunefafejewelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88bc38c921---94998505893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategieb2b.ca/userfiles/file/vomapufajilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608463feea337---50871399125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae55474055e915d3960873efcf03ca6b/61457947758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57061851a2288ab7ca0ae321520a78e7/bavijazetuluxazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/jinat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96512480807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d78bbaae82f---95338549441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/37511122705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/joxaxowexoleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/repatuzolelawerafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/042e3b545ce9024e5ac415d51daecae4/22882285417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/wimezeterupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/86522877951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f796789039e5d553dbef0b77f746ee/21811057133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=attestation+de+prise+en+charge+visa+france+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e68a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE68A 21780 bytes
SHA-256: 7da366cbcee0f6a8d032588c20a65244e2fe14baa7637baa2f49a97a12d9bc6a
font_01_sfnt_off00011cd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD5 16180 bytes
SHA-256: c0217721a1102ad1f8a8ff5461faadb02f26a3634bfe128d67f68b25b112ee8f
font_02_sfnt_off0001327f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1327F 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4d79a0a1807cad4b4ac016a279990e37d263960e723f520c05a09be9c9fb66
font_03_sfnt_off00014b8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1