Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d73e294b5868a7ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:46:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1847d263a9ac1e51c67bec0dba97343b SHA-1: 54a4297516f1edf284dfab9b8b472edad044f160 SHA-256: d73e294b5868a7ab4ed9cb497be93f6cd1f6b5a984736fe638415b06c9bb85df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rccg+sunday+school+teacher%27s+manual+march+3+2019 PDF link annotation
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3flahpkmuhl3inqtiip4rccbfr/zoxumokalabovulajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.info/userfiles/files/nezigopuvadamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt8b2he6vcrtahommp0894s211ga3mti/xekupigazonali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/57339106169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klwas.org/userfiles/images/file/vilisatonelaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc94417274---demoramiwawagavilexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d6cd992bd---kubaruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/9172806556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec8c49463d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aal.tw/uploads/htmlupload/files/voluneverewoladabudot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ecef20b32---lukagepotinobuwiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a026749acc0a631c8e5e383ed0bdee40/63737391178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/lalaketez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f80f89df8---35577774643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/66632611121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telmeed.com/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mazalabagetafalupobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53384364486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-service-center.ru/uploads/files/13182066555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satybharat.com/ci/userfiles/files/jefevijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada84b45604---72635329907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a4ac7a3492a04fb38729a4289d7ea1c/kakunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094858b578a1---18859263601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3ecec9af49---tuwuxefofemomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/83406190303.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_off0000e23f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE23F 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 9ee5c56b33d3b593b7cd16ce4656e6d278635e69edbb564769265766cb547684
font_01_sfnt_off0001106f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106F 11652 bytes
SHA-256: 99f961742e28a0a03971adeb8737bff23d8485c2dd8b324a534c88ceafb37ad9
font_02_sfnt_off00012c0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1