Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc5427b82ad46c20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b75c509a18c386b2115a0c20c3ac0041 SHA-1: 36c5d1859546ecf5d3684c4a2709b49a29f44df2 SHA-256: dc5427b82ad46c20b10b252bd76619ddfdd664d2bf81c4ce92348e5b06385708
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sega+dreamcast+emulator+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/26872678930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/70538532401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/jerinali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24519921466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamintertrade.com/file_media/file_image/file/81738216599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138401cb922c---nonalonubosutaromezuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf44b1bf6c---ketikotufadimepevavoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denetimmusavirlik.com/userfiles/file/25370425041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/kafuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11295190852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61240425381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/sojusanipomuriluzesifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/22873515759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/daxiluxaninofiwesivazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-oil.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/lefinenegibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/sopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142518ec2093---58611469845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210910195512_yhnpy4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phr4u.com/files/8413906099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stephankeppel.com/userfiles/file/10230459611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29189596229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161451abdabd61---nesakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406cc61b72d---kofisoworezefizafulelodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/16004125878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/55711457808.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_off0000ba79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA79 16448 bytes
SHA-256: ebdefb5f87c81d5c4d5c1d818ce3ff34ac23f833a59115ffe1654ee5c83a9ffb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C4 10928 bytes
SHA-256: c3c142cf32889eb881a00d720ff6c4d97341a50948543fe0f6bf79bdea2327de
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1