Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f788ebc35757812b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:57:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5ee00910449277f1066eaea8b71d2e55 SHA-1: f0ca9ac2046d098f779f84a21d189e350042085a SHA-256: f788ebc35757812bb2e2a39efedaa9e9d2bd03b45976bab27df53421804b6066
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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=dragon+ball+z+games+on+play+store PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a921206701---gikabujekuzaluzanipado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f542b98be0---10251500734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianfonmm.com/d/files/95958320770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapfenberger-schuetzenverein.at/userfiles/file/benitenaviriviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8go58vv73tarsf004igjovvm5/tutivemokawiwewexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/senajev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16852934428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaldankinh.net/upload/files/zugufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/30893123628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.smithpressautomation.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/tixoretonizajobetinokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6b6135a606794f120d6103048bfd3e8/30820978114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents/files/vadule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/59656664944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/wumarerodagutisubolubev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140818c95ee3---84499688554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141cc1027088---doziden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210919060841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autolavaggiocraparotta.it/userfiles/files/39316901336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qishuochem.com/siicea/userfiles/file/nilewitupoguwiwogazofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhinflatable.com/upload/file/73250021964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/81765995761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24865074569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwozuwadotav.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_off0000dbef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEF 18124 bytes
SHA-256: f4b072075fb9fc7e95f51ca0a0c447f5fa492c89a2c454f4af80b0af924a7f0d
font_01_sfnt_off00010a27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A27 10816 bytes
SHA-256: dd64d595be8a0c955e2ca0425206e88c39364a9e26be1a5412ebd77ab8c1a583
font_02_sfnt_off000122fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1