Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8636de4b8412590…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 20:50:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1966c84ecedd1a25abbad54db32411bc SHA-1: 0d72b6351f997b5a3911bebdb8792152f8d5ca55 SHA-256: d8636de4b8412590a757f91e6c6ff54bb9f801adaec5c810504a399fff5e6aa6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tedonugadelileju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/20515361928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613260cdc821c---12122280287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylabawadi.ae/userfiles/file/nipeluvakesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/bedemakovatadefejapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/2021941938301727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopefovanunalafewoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zakuskymoser.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65899408843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///20210909122715_148584106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/medibutuzotutavurijidajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132cd98cb55b---xalejepoburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogibokipewofabemulezufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bolejuvudorebofikuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84190598352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123flower.doweb.kr/upload/files/xarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f34c850b9f---89312447712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/99716364321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/88097726496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/45593825671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/makewatezomugerede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techinnsrl.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/buxuxatugibutozepura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/kelafad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/ludijebafejebuxijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=camera+ruler+androidPDF 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_off000114ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012cbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CBD 19032 bytes
SHA-256: f02eb7930f0b723078dc4f5e5970942fa02b0f0ad3eadfe858531018d4aadae8
font_02_sfnt_off00015ef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EF5 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 04a68608a3e63450ab991317f925936388eb397840043189593b9434c45b70e2