Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4f757f86a50f2db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:21:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 03e7bf195df93e4d26aaec08760ee93e SHA-1: d15fc6f247241bc22e91252b6fa8afe4745cbb9f SHA-256: d4f757f86a50f2dbd9ffd34b6b986c1b8b0287ea1f96d1f768a6019ab9fa5164
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The presence of numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=block+craft+3d+mod+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://nieruchomosciprzetargi.pl/files/file/50607362545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/89901260055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/sipoxibabagaxafif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmshospital.com/mm_engg/files/85879868779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1l7d1ckuj540mt059eo2951gh3/73012947355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vividconcept.in/userfiles/file/nojorujetave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210901_225936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cku1u4bk2dord5p4bjrmu569b6/liwuxapaluvofigofovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/dikuxanawilumerimumivifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.its-dph.cz/admin/fckeditor/editor/userfiles/file/80704602197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/94691010260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/16261175022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/tifajixumanagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expomediainc.com/upload/file/67513144792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_39C5CDFFCA4BF10A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripojuvufamagizorijimawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/78781123600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esen-life.com/userfiles/file/xabekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totiwewetozeropu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/22208101681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/sibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161423b61a5c8a---larapopan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fc74e74fda---51648562516.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_off0000d961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD961 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF178 10792 bytes
SHA-256: e798682b8b072ab486c7a4bfc1c0c2cec19cde42919a6b6243527a846b2efa3b
font_02_sfnt_off00010a77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A77 19408 bytes
SHA-256: 66590b96b370b9e8cf23f7bd5db5bac3c20f55999e0470826af9eae946e64797