Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d785e4b4c45c11e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:00:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 69f616a2d66ab0d973849840eaa15201 SHA-1: fcf7cfe69af3c0e9b04a68ad9dd4baa7e4975995 SHA-256: d785e4b4c45c11e4b741ad2bd7fa30261b8b96aeb6ca7746bf11967237b47c3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised CMS platforms. These actions suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/90996920016.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a6008a917---34478678172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/13848542483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/77029690598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/85225460736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc26cd7c71310baa4d1a94fff01405f8/77602574960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f3bec24ff404e758ea63bf5f1f4016/21530488238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e386bb1f2e---namadefosurevimageguxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/vofewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c4e16542f9---wimopifinipuvuxaxosabudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/goneriruvokefowurevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/10129912057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/391553b779f13be63e0c94e5bdb5f7a8/gexazodoxipakoruze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents/files/dalolebesuruparamisevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ed1c0ed98---11670599629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/10336011609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucphamchucnangmy.vn/uploads/files/28634491854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35883893789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutskytools.com/d/files/penupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/xamixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/86398299995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace1210a0b4---35697918687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa03b3e8b23ae3db5c93d26e65c09b42/pesugevalamek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/21852698251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caffepontoni.com/uploads/file/64219006392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsocialwlefaresummit.com//app/webroot/uploads/ckuploads/files/nelibulukexilodabenukuxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=three+branches+of+government+document+based+questions+pdfPDF 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_off0000d76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76E 17640 bytes
SHA-256: 45fc4e502541e3ef1edd5d8ef45e1672ee5447238a35dbd09ddf39a4971c7c0a
font_01_sfnt_off00010587.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10587 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 3cc901c8ab52c0f8bb13cb526f41a85d28c6dc556c01cbd2830acfba70209669
font_02_sfnt_off00011fae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1