Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df1bc06002fcfe31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.8 KB Created: 2021-08-10 19:55:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: a519876e640b7a4240d153491f4b596e SHA-1: f653cf65c01d2840594522ace42aac3bc50ae7f8 SHA-256: df1bc06002fcfe31c94b0a92cb999f719a8b940ba0c2617e77d8d126b2f22533
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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://nhakhoaanphuoc.vn/uploads/files/mutokaxofus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/gemox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18583515571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad3acd5a46---nobirajina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1621297430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ee61b285a---39911631441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/23145405715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/valalawetojinusevinerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872e85aea7b---tutunesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/xokosifobodawusir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c0ae1e162451939006a99935857bc03/13629472798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609769afcc3c0---vupiwemukofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/964d890648761c3de908ac1f87db8a66/98418825770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/86367978672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59ea4a4bcb---rajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/gotizefiladotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19238731277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d56qikc4lte5v52pjl4ngcjgu1/62368958041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/31045386485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/70462452991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/23094748549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/fiwajovakipiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20c83d6463---fiwelovopuzitasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=richest+man+in+ebonyi+state+2017PDF 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_off00013ab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB7 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 51286b2f5c9f7c139cdc967f8a6083e0c9ecfffaf36e0782e4d6862adea35bed
font_01_sfnt_off00016a4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A4A 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 93e5f42835c9b50d0bcb5aff64f6b456c8e9be4cb697027241022321a234af4d
font_02_sfnt_off000183d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1