Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d903c9a2026386ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 11:46:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 872886a2a47fe75b5ff7b704c3a32b9e SHA-1: 4a14ec9d60b2698d6bd6cf2e6f99535af29f2bad SHA-256: d903c9a2026386ed0b8989057804616151e6f75f161fcef67739e99e72e5060b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or spamming purposes. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious links.

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=funny+io+games PDF link annotation
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/momovado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsjllqi61hjkf1dsvumf5ajdt4/wozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musegixesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/bavoxaronolukunigafefufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienhoanghean.com/upload/ck/files/53762296082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147becf19c3d---92280688836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/tawusipagugogasexodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398749ccf0c---zawozovozaxudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/nogejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlsy.cz/images/file/files/wedekopiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proallprint.com/userfiles/files/77690224043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa-hungary.hu/editor_up/sesidasuwewunatigupokido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-try.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/13/82368968444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/51753570652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2acbaf2e43e0091fa01361d74aa4264f/2018854168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goforthegreengolfpools.com/userfiles/file/vebusebawamidatole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domingo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99816600620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68137436009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137655250a1e---gewufopikakelora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/jijonoxavumobubozegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomozukufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/vuriluvapamilurugilixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nugafoxuvilabuvaro.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_off0000b424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB424 15104 bytes
SHA-256: 5f7584896e937afb69bd975b814d917e2b499a32407cc38c8cfb0820ae9fd844
font_01_sfnt_off0000da41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA41 10396 bytes
SHA-256: e7cfb0cde40af66934d8757354a57f490732998742be19079fc141dd891a58a5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1