Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d408eb0840449f9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:44:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5c95aaa5959c4d0ad0a94df30e9dcbba SHA-1: 8d007ed2844c7c64e88c9deec2665dbabbdf9f3f SHA-256: d408eb0840449f9da81d5b1faf5bd10d446df0b7cc56d574d22397fefaebd6dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unscramble+sentences+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37382f5d4581accfe529aab2889130f/51366202444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890e83278c3---56233736444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe6e4d25af3728dc840dbd5ad91c1674/75020327378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/38926855022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/87046075186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/jumuwofubajigufugafodige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nandeestationery.com/userfiles/files/lufideni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0814dee1b831b924fdfea8635109b9b/moluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/94849018969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemabusunusofibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/8369367192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahealthcaredentalcentre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17108304730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/nufote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de043c43ee4---jusubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/sunazisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/42670242778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dh9i839aib9mjhc8hv6k1t2pa7/sozimibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirecambodia-edu.org/userfiles/file/4429742375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xenang-mitsubishi.com/fckupload/file/zifodabomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woliwawisudef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/temaveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e4db082e3---dubumazosizuzogefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77970988588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralcogtc.com/uploads/file/21066412212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://th-hl.com///upload/files/72123570069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/zijusitivonu.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_off0000c11d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC11D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d92f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92F 16712 bytes
SHA-256: f8012702bcd119f95c8fcae0752a84122733d47ca77a7e9d6d29d855a19c275c
font_02_sfnt_off000103f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F4 10716 bytes
SHA-256: c5fad8b530ee73ea5b34665becdbe913cfa89de7a09680ca16de06e2da25c00e

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