Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3fdc4d8f6efa124…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:55:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dbf3a826d64f47938b23f0ba78c2c573 SHA-1: 932aafb9990a709e337e22b86beb53b17dff0bce SHA-256: f3fdc4d8f6efa1249c1f5b6e0785a1ed663778ce26214a0968208ed10259034a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of vulnerabilities to execute further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=psiphon+handler+download PDF link annotation
    • https://gsm.company/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumikanamadatuvalodador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/wifofozowizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/nulogevobenipomaduviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia/files/36824570241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/nusesiwitisiwuvezesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/dikifuzipawerajinizotidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonutufipovekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/tekejodokoxilatuwesapala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/tovari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhbiotech.com/CKEdit/upload/files/19549668159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.com/filespath/files/20210906142346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5d0a1e737---49196259822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilimewanefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miryangpension.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_9247A70E43881139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/53450010449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2pif7pb9qf36flj8iitma35h5/jedunitunizuxefuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjqyms.com/filespath/files/20210914102122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eskuvoiiranytu.hu/blog/file/memokevusabuwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/527295f313d25c702c395ad3b04d073a/lekefopidubusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/59387065612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14419277842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vamulamulemujipifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/bipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hla.vn/upload/files/48684696230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30291958574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/files/varakageba.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_off0000d733.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD733 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 267689d18efebae1500d2a2699bdae664d5e71eef336b4a7faf92bfb58d32ba7
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEEC 17608 bytes
SHA-256: 3e35d3526258d916aa035ee39fda5667de4ad558462d3790f4cb15b01d3a720e
font_02_sfnt_off00011cfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1