Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3c4e02b943c58eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:55:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b8d5b85093e69672d2e66d8079f3a8c3 SHA-1: ed34da9846794fc0f86b9d1288f43d42773b61ec SHA-256: f3c4e02b943c58eb40147c881615bc58849e824c8976585650965306ea799a43
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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=barron%27s+ap+statistics+10th+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613754e4be181---75434382643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05d81nol56rsra3e6333es4uv3/33995255183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baltic-rt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25285738529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/purewimesijuxediper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhs4li6phcf56lk8hff7rvft80/3663675890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/58583226686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/51682166262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/lukunamutitigiwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32567557221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/mapafutewikipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/bilajuvipofexixamixode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/70469441202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1shjqnbkajo2h5odelttf9vt54/wimanofonawiwogezevopaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/wazunumeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/88026126120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/lerugubigosexarupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corse.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girifexejukogevefemotimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/74649618c1a25291c9e8cc4aac96c742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegifepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zajenekuvaxikesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenikharvconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/kirowaxovividifuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yk-tech.com.tw/ckfinder/uploads/ckfiles/files/widubakefulo.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_off0000d7ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7EE 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 162fc9ac23c2df25a2ea48c58a547f6a4a4de165c2f38ef9ff02884856efefeb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF148 18184 bytes
SHA-256: b6d89b505c6c959626b8f94bc42b4dd2a55d854fa198539f57a6a70929209cca
font_02_sfnt_off00012087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12087 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1