Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e968d9fa6a2cc682…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-08-20 16:18:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b34a85a6771cce7fec53abd119defa2e SHA-1: 856b065b95c2796df817295e51a8bdaf1eb05916 SHA-256: e968d9fa6a2cc6825d5891312ec971a0c32fa8ebf9e73769654f6aa7690b6a39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/19621708195.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4k9i98ba07763d7eo5i9efmb7/muragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mj3jm5cp510pva7n4q7dhjs5tp/25948802435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/3232000087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d6cb65c225f9e2787cafb0ed269caa/lakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrecchina.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rabagojerine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aostavet.it/userfiles/files/53976718632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/33006093938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r279stj7j1js7lg6ek154o7km4/wolitefetamoxusutadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/burovevofivowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/43837090228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/fisabinuxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/faworobaxexunidimawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22e7e89577---gobenixedewejolubexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/bavugetumolijajufosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853a8fa69cb---24378024893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad5796864282c11848d7c39715345081/64722794625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608273837ffa9---jenapabebuvoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d016df96b71f2795e87df0de13d7e17/balobezarunanutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenlinejsc.com/userfiles/file/16080735023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd97351dd62b93365c8da176330e067f/60187564115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4def42c3c3---90214235956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=los+circulos+armonicos+en+pianoPDF 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_off0000d1c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DA 17592 bytes
SHA-256: f4490fac1250d4c91ff80d2a60f51951a0ff574f7e5bff0565a67a2c75c780b7
font_02_sfnt_off000116a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A9 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc4bb967802c65b26bb3d7ef5d68b9132014fffda9c55831c3808d1480c7d91