Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5d0df9b7aa0ab3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 37099b597847ff8b23397afc26a1f8e5 SHA-1: 69ab77a4ef5bbadcd6d5e2d6254e024e18e09b16 SHA-256: d5d0df9b7aa0ab3f0cea7da568b6d6910c3656924f36950e19299995045fdb19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The PDF also hosts a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://hp-cnc.de/uploads/files/ditigukujunov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161436402de9c2---18806788369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/galapuxivulesanigonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjengo.org/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/32500307799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landroverbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87318380370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/87638353723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/salanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/15373126628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mhq9fk47cq8eeafpfi24oki5j/rifezuzikarefonuxolemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17202748178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkydoanhnghiep.org/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/98000892982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/vusiranus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huefpdf.org/upload/file/65363212994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbawrcdgsodbdciig4a5v.xn--p1ai/pict/file/40880853038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziszolg.hu/editor_up/rogatuzunilija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/figuzajaxanebazazofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355f8d97523---65383454513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/puxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restaurant-kamkok.fr/img/Data/file/55704031319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiluzexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43846684121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/talud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/razopotopazorasododabegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/telifobojalitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=techbigs+amazon+primePDF 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_off0000b982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB982 15264 bytes
SHA-256: 114174796d9d12e1b9b7378726bead1c3f87b6e0c46469f89a6e50910f37c53c
font_01_sfnt_off0000dffa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFA 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 5e68d1c0e7e5c2588f9e072315345814b5159159e1cf5538d2810c5b392b2e4d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1