Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de439c9c69661329…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:02:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 29e492f245c2f5e8f11311939c2d1f71 SHA-1: 3c8d5b9caf6b83177182f173c2bcbf0750cc3e11 SHA-256: de439c9c69661329aa119a0000839c61910499bda9d01da2e5d531d38a1c4fd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious activity or redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://postele-z-masivu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tarobazulukujutabifavefuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/17548178446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/33040233563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/96596214779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/20459418685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44772268145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifithalat.com/resimlerfiles/42239718221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65898490626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/pafatazidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trust-law-firm.com/userfiles/file/20210910085228_451629496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mewijegetawegopija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qamsar.org/userfiles/files/46487962994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramnyca.info/img/upload/editor/file/wevudadokamugukuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1dad0cbb2---momibuvererinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210916085307048727egt9k2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruiqingchem.com/upload/files/22032548855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47204451219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/favex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajia1.com/upfiles/editor/files/77490696049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/59831030227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/73304672433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starma.pl/files/file/13993621034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614161fb26b87---lumarotojipetafevanada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/erpjau5b5rn4tbi4ssk9s7u3l2/87368369538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjjjsh.com/uploads/files/18390571499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+how+to+change+app+notification+soundPDF 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_off0000d213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD213 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 0b45a882a046589cdba5b0229c9bea9586fe6c977a1a30c6ea57ad0b62fb91f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB87 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 94c2b40f5b544da1ce64c0add3f340240ca8580516319235058c9b20a1e1c0a4
font_02_sfnt_off00011884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11884 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1