Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de332e7fcc84d366…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:46:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 670c52cf964b5938c9d1b02280733412 SHA-1: e06f89146c5bf745bc4a3ccd8aac6e99c66e29ac SHA-256: de332e7fcc84d3663407d2f44f2f56947b8886e2a4aed24d8014bb7c029e309c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF, likely to facilitate further malicious activity or redirect the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqd78588srqf4rbc86u6l3uei7/537734685.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d883dab072d0e487f9cc8fc166758b/21053674399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/gasowotiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muxomepufamupukesazevapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/jurutawag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22adab343c---24617714374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30396648095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoservizimensi.it/images/fck/file/siserakoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b803c513290---44574387142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d08fb1c8fa1---lidina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stphilomenaonline.org/userfiles/file/23609806403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43cd28c266---duxezajewapasomodubudef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/43744724044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-warszawa.pl/pliki/file/kubofagezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a0ba429cfe9a62ab7b6a9aec0bc14b3/73065226166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huescalamagiaenfotos.com/userfiles/files/zotinukile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/53497826886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/nizolukugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitepalacegrill.com/userfiles/rilika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/wikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612181cd13939---14185555443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/21449356871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/46458786263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/file/jonimurekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=word+syllabification+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d28d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD28D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAA4 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 4ead12d28db57dc091ee98c16b74496991ba3057c60575c17d378a9e84bf031b
font_02_sfnt_off0001043c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043C 17492 bytes
SHA-256: eacf5f33abdbbf3bd6dbaa11f20104a9aec5a65d5da8fe25013c867159c3fe16