Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d563ef861928d708…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:47:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b02d523c6cd44776f087b572858b43f3 SHA-1: 609f491740242a892ee019d9945d613f86d94ad5 SHA-256: d563ef861928d708107b5ba1fccc11db6eb39da0b9cd26e59ddbb276384b7fe6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to distribute further malicious content, likely other PDFs or executables, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of these secondary payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://studybrilliant.online/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/91324177715.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/webigokapufunebelodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5756fdc18533aa856a1ff54dfafdc4a2/39209964550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42529835928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.li/upload/36343715683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/sizifasozipopesetagileso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanarfabrics.com/firma/files/77627995084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/fironewapuzizelaxudilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/80646750870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/vijemomevumofavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4btfdgkqddmojhgroskmrh1jj5/medowiwinutavevixoxonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deforma.it/userfiles/files/21309883732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/wuwomarugujinubegafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/33763574029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.utn.ac.cr/sites/default/files/files/35831261748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/39437398248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364bdb98163---bolagataruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/kuxisadedosaxitagexuxison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613247a843588---16647836573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazomotor.com/allinone/file/27379843324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fohow77.ru/upload/file/49813280521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santehsevast.ru/userfiles/files/13713933042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/10695181910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/lotelabaledagirukox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e72c5feeb---36184910806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubb.cn/up_file/file/binuwugirigonunipevatogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phukienbep.net/media/files/45794054218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=10mb+games+downloadPDF 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_off0000c465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC465 16612 bytes
SHA-256: e20605ac8d9282977f378e50e8a00f36c5570c6cf71da7ac15d7d0f81170d182
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10719 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 09bd59a85b68c401887e1fbbf64c4441d67901298d6753aef78a0437ce5e3934