Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e984d6f854355800…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 17:45:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a26c3343a9f46fc880d4800be8d0d7e9 SHA-1: ea0fb3dfe588bf081d645462b013a23336d7900e SHA-256: e984d6f85435580014f6a8bec97cbece6a5d558a99fee8e3679be0ed94b0c11d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=software+android+studio PDF link annotation
    • https://cepatdaftargroup2.com/contents/files/lizatiletexakotixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associazionemillesogni.it/userfiles/files/bowegisoxomaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cf04754397e1325d4da2ec6bf8b1978/2467054041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photofetimages.com/10558549426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/bawupufilotalewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/gexotunofasugilakige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.com/images/upload/File/lexumujupixujoragifebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs/files/25875456517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manhchenang.vn/webroot/img/files/37895541080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmakonnect.org/DrumiBhatt/karmakonnect.org/Final/ckeditorimage/files/kurijukonamabedutasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtk27c9nkcdcvt5eg37janrt2t/budobejuwimate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yusungchart.com/userData/board/file/89447539898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/4706550415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65556797841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5bf1d6fb0669c4d5a34c84b1e475591/towimakofozusitafuxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/bamogidosixijepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webaxogalunigijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzbau-napetschnig.at/59339307928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/70644108085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kisikeresuwubitod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xcheck.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/pezafulegodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/68048137570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393fb53848e---larixutojuberaxolipupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c1bce93b0cb053897f60d6a6360424/19582256334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/turonimevojoxus.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_off00011a4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A4D 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 197ea984d7baf21e716d92304232daca23e47e014f297de61ffc97ebaf954fc7
font_01_sfnt_off00013295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13295 18060 bytes
SHA-256: dff82f389b3c567679d64b391466916bbb613e87bb59204bda131ae29db8182f
font_02_sfnt_off00016118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16118 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1