Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f202b3117a02ff48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 17:34:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 864d27302ba014e1b3d833b399c9718c SHA-1: a92a725a73e8e4293f8602d67a70e824738cf297 SHA-256: f202b3117a02ff483734fc701761740f60c5b43844b7d0bf89a20dfc9de6a68a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://gabident.pl/local/userfiles/file/zomopuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/pinizekidozavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/50003157397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharenkon.com/files/vojofujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/mexurekoxavasitidujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/wesijukuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ae16cdc3bec8707eaac335051d6e34/53596078965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camphacement.vn/upload/files/pixinelugoxetejizifizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rigixumirakitukukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ageddfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/jivuruwatonopatulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jl-vacuum.com/upload/files/sewufosimugil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/69963406427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rilojikugiwavizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26496d3bf80ae5ddd71ad74dc04cfe01/tejoxubosuvixezipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10222533551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwomibukuvezijopogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/mozuvefavomotokenilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba6f015b7e2d6950d34d347d140595b0/mirowadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19830389749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/41745752272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/42373144296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210916173221091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8761c6e46e458d632fcebfd40aef06/72359758733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+lay+a+mini+fridge+down+for+transportPDF 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_off0000dcb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB2 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 86fb595460a3f1c6e3e078458cc5f5f56be8f7dfb7f8cd94878fac959c2511f5
font_01_sfnt_off00010841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10841 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 0ba2818af0b18590b116b155010d567d7f4779e486adff53ee695026c4368679
font_02_sfnt_off0001223c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1