Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dce969275d5ef680…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 04:26:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7b48f35485d02c5066dc7de09bc9077d SHA-1: a4274124a9fa840c3d613c8d31894fa24c20a7b8 SHA-256: dce969275d5ef680f14931d4c3a64b1aa6bcf5ecd332dbaf225fd80deb4a86d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20492626345.pdf
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fojapilegijevosedub.pdf
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7690787551.pdf
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///37089924101.pdf
    • http://sswjeans.com/files/65324171466.pdf
    • http://ovstav.cz/app/webroot/files/files/70996093490.pdf
    • http://ipceurope.be/assets/file/debewofik.pdf
    • http://americasbestwingsbeltsville.com/uploads/files/xenuxu.pdf
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///92265210928.pdf
    • https://tybistanbul.org/resimler/files/luvidalixakeweper.pdf
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/texagikitigu.pdf
    • https://tatsolarlight.com/uploads/files/81656225558.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f526f657b6---regetivukapugepok.pdf
    • https://playworkspartnership.ca/sites/default/files/file/wawakaze.pdf
    • https://namkhoasaigon.vn/web/images/files/masedi.pdf
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/jopevavixelexifavuli.pdf
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/210913021313393381t8gp6.pdf
    • http://drivingtesttips.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/41722174576.pdf
    • https://laatuwhuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/jujawafowu.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133995dbfdb7---jilejakejakejifufari.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb0da9c557---39504537988.pdf
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/44961470634.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/131843009864.pdf
    • https://tauthuy.vn/upload/files/58229447444.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+mute+keyboard+sound+android
    • 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_off0000c774.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC774 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df86.bin
38cb7ffeb14d14334b412bca65629278ecd74211dfc8d6d081ec7e0ba27e1293
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF86 18424 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f3f.bin
017bc7fbe624fef7505cf14f1207b3f752c67ade64f7bce28933fb6a5c6a9892
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3F 10888 bytes