Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deb8c52002eeea0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:25:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1a588ffaf23aa943152716ab8167c02a SHA-1: 8ada6b53b0004f5f946636f3df860624a105c2c5 SHA-256: deb8c52002eeea0dc14ddaa30166c85faee3b979554f9e2cfac091dd08da7ef1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a large number of links to obscure the true malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harry+lennix+justice+league
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/77676627841.pdf
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/64318463021.pdf
    • https://ckeditor.pamlskovnik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/norumalenalusifinabixo.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/diniresezipofiwo.pdf
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/wojudilimuxozudaj.pdf
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/furepafor.pdf
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/tivekobube.pdf
    • http://kaus21.com/userData/board/file/8264034792.pdf
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilozewo.pdf
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/88809026761.pdf
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipibive.pdf
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/92186158286.pdf
    • http://korea-labels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebetujoxorajagemuro.pdf
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/12876750232.pdf
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a603cf85315819a18edf3e3415397348/dotugudapawa.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305a18a818b---vilasekofuzip.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374c1bd7485---30845611723.pdf
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps-org.neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/files/zigopokeduwabodosixi.pdf
    • http://shbaicun.com/userfiles/file/2021091010372873499.pdf
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/nutaledu.pdf
    • https://goldenlinejsc.com/userfiles/file/74837006639.pdf
    • http://contua.org/userfiles/file/76010474835.pdf
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///zobevu.pdf
    • https://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/23081445506.pdf
    • 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_off0000f8c4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110db.bin
825386baa19d639673a6638e9f06251b57e99376f502e3dba6da955708927610
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110DB 10720 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001298a.bin
cf6e94390bf5542bcb47c214ccf41bd9cafca58d714e3a56d0bac59939e58acf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1298A 19784 bytes