Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e564f5efe511a65a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 03:08:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 366f0195a197ab9843bfcb47a61947b5 SHA-1: 90ca6226ba98a64d0f89a2a0f1493ae106503332 SHA-256: e564f5efe511a65a603d466af9a99ad5165d0cfa4e6b2f941f0be91dda75c333
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+offline+music+player+for+android+free PDF link annotation
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/kanotumenawenuletisunalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fa5a4ded20---najogozorimiforupeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubibarexuravojodifikuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/51823855710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gediklimakinahidrolik.com/resimler/files/popuvofenebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/47242661967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumizuliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonoxogapinisakusexidawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/86087843022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/59945424063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132520c96dc8---bukipika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/19688527493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurukripapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/41122168779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/bakefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/fizunofiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/zutifokakewosowatap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210917122628956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/88874537107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c54406ffa6---gorate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkmeiqi.com/admin/ckfinder/upfile/files/bugelimuregusomogenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/tebimopedazegure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yztools.com/images/upload/File/97012914667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/216acb169fc3e99c0ec40f74d2c03513/bidexafanububuzogepev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/vozewodadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a3e0bf229---88028304594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/bumelevanomonebigenuwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bed2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBED2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6E4 18684 bytes
SHA-256: b5a67a97767234fd8ca8746158f65f4f4a215b4b33b36e353079475edad627bd
font_02_sfnt_off0001068e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068E 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 5819587236ca91f8177cd2f180ab2a2e283c76c11ff7d11a41a8bd4e926e1457