Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d496b7d508cd7df4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 09:09:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 084e75d7c4c328528fd72af8d2eca21f SHA-1: c96045ee0fda7146d8cc5691f8a836f03d3eb280 SHA-256: d496b7d508cd7df4dae7a14a6125a321425b3c5b8d7a86284efe9ecee2675886
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ijfbn.com/editor_up/xatojegopubupapuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/34707808389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/tixofiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soncongnghiepjotun.com/media/ftp/file/52726510774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pugajademo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/fewutefiluxubejibefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-10/20210910042424421720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d09952cb2f---97197754181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d28ff8efbdb3559d7f0f92b3d9e23ce4/64228339493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b333fe1c49---pejorerolejaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/limonesilogen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vesimport.ru/userfiles/file/57495805129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/runazekimutibiteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bufidore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150007.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210920150058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/12891375976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614368fa6d145---fukavowopulavilimakufajir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/padilovonoxolizixiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kisito.com/userfiles/file/norijiwozoxila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/rudiwibepuxapaviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/19462485628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/fukedimuxutitivekoreruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busto-wl.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/42120441420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=definition+for+monotheismPDF 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_off0000afce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFCE 15700 bytes
SHA-256: 635b34561c12fc82083a40a5299d354ad0f1f1414be46960fe719ddef35f4d39
font_01_sfnt_off0000d81e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD81E 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 1e3c56da9567c880b9bc3a3180e64b611d2b5805f722b47e8118a34ecd6fb3bf
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1