Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daf59c21711c9c0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 00:00:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 11733126e5bb57b7a2ce2f696cb6e003 SHA-1: f08ad02990656818dc58aa5d2d26d05ed131d63f SHA-256: daf59c21711c9c0d7cbe9900b1a433dbe461167f5468f222411e6ea423b90a3e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a redirection mechanism. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papojipifat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/26988154674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/052342252088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/3831642835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/26535165172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testsitehq.com/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/kezokotigofimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/lugogijanosukudomilitulas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/pelagazerilamoveveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sudenijelakopumorila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nawaasha.org/userfiles/file/bunifufivojuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/11625121307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/puvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/gasaxowoduwadafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheniou.handysociality.com/upload/files/54842167089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/joxejotijevijofidifuwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/xozane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f764349rm6oa9dsqh3sdejes4/30714995347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents/files/jofagevujamuviraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613671f910d0b---93556110483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/zazelilijegiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/502d9352c146d5fef336551483f49787/73161380348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad2dddab7df3cfcc9a4ddced8d10f1cb/40000382899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=compte+et+budget+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_off0000d2fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB12 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 7552fe7a61d5e06f96c5a7cf0704042ebf3f542d910860185509bb18ac9d54a0
font_02_sfnt_off00010370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10370 20520 bytes
SHA-256: f05903d263d760961532c1300afcbb5917306db93270c2b9fb5f5939f71c9738