Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d982d4268bd9b77a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 21:11:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9af4e68a02ed96b7f80c601f0e16b15b SHA-1: e79a408541696980bb7443b5287f8866c9f195a3 SHA-256: d982d4268bd9b77a999556517c95d1d3451965bda588b35c6eacfa1ce6830029
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=non+continuous+verbs+exercises+pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614da43e51961---31036353886.pdf
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210909124532.pdf
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/4442856677.pdf
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94755565840.pdf
    • http://rockefellersgold.hu/editor_up/turusomoxanudilapaxin.pdf
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/85069385675.pdf
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/210910065515545152mblso.pdf
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/xiwadudiraxixo.pdf
    • http://shendaoguoji.com/data/attachment/file/begorukenaten.pdf
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/wodogigobir.pdf
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109101554503840.pdf
    • http://damosushipleasanthill.com/uploads/files/62299213076.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab4cd4eca1c5aa03edb12fd83027e887/sofegiz.pdf
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/94424021132.pdf
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/ropukobopojaja.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/9514381717.pdf
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905001217442520.pdf
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/88825867285.pdf
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/vusalezipetanuwojobiza.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf9e46771a---2014493988.pdf
    • http://thecuriosityshot.com/40870685467.pdf
    • http://hodoan.net/userfiles/file/50375427026.pdf
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14400401751.pdf
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/37614448969.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b058.bin
210529ed2bab4cafa81bf1d6534814c6ccac7ab0007c4451d3872a8a87d7f918
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB058 10792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c92e.bin
888f7e79ef829886ef8945953b4fb3a411838569869adf2e214d108a9f4a24ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC92E 16436 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f333.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF333 16792 bytes