Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d698b5953a2d320f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:07:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e7fac6308638401c1bee8808de34bf7b SHA-1: cff264cec84a1b5c80b00047e9ed873b7248a510 SHA-256: d698b5953a2d320ff44c8fbc7a65be24da1c162a1c817803f71df1eae4f55314
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various disposable hosting sites. The heuristics indicate that this PDF is designed to lure users into clicking these links, likely to download further malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewawi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af8346d8d458a60d5c51c8bcd589178/pimuluwixolojamobidad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topimmigrationlawyer.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kewuxufivukozubarewavogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/jaxewufuwoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f6eupl4riro41jhopebtt2im2/xagawabexeduwuguzafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhahanghienminh68.com/upload/files/kuvugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/781182c1abf5a03f633681abd9ca5823/2468789379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvientantao.com/img_duhoc/files/ruxusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/nekojediwosivone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladispensadicampagna.it/uploads/assets/file/88429216947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/61550434660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83825570779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba6b18e476---lezemaradadalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2e637ffc4---gezakuvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1979.net/clients/65916/File/farobafimojiradipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/10819427895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/89404925764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/9086685556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94034035631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents/files/7976543350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6c5b28319---30983355194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42457510561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=big+data+analysis+pdf+free+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_off0000d882.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD882 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 8ad634032aa118a5f286f8d4318bc144154cf3ea80a7f007119b61dcdcc3721f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D2 17712 bytes
SHA-256: a9cea87afda7687d212b73251f6733a6d9c43692a3447798721951e405d5f3f9
font_02_sfnt_off00011eff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1