Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f863b89c0f2e39b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 18:50:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6c92aa18671905b8a4b6abe57db856ff SHA-1: f68de7fec10fcfc25bf4433f3638314563e11dab SHA-256: f863b89c0f2e39b33b385cd3d2ac3e8ebdc8e7975127db55914cb2ba4058c160
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs. The heuristics indicate that the PDF is acting as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute phishing content or malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links, contributing to the overall phishing and potential malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kaiser+permanente+medical+records+southern+california
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/tavoxigukigujurav.pdf
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad65c9d17d3e1f80afa5f8b261b20bc1/61628590797.pdf
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a039j2mu1en185l1j3jif3oq2/dojurasiserafunevoredul.pdf
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11278584912.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64ddb0de9e---66730034045.pdf
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f67dd8b172---68149417124.pdf
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/45874013359.pdf
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96496630045.pdf
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9qk1nuceisdbch77e0707tvd3/72883723449.pdf
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5fa411207f374c6745b9083377029fe/wajukezowofibumariv.pdf
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/nigitexafokuna.pdf
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28636542922.pdf
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/24565786909.pdf
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080893a02728---53743034668.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2t73ikrc6ropekhmh87cmu5ls6/padopam.pdf
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3953432016955bb518033ecbf04e5acf/guluki.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eiihlku8b5fktuhc2u46d6ue3l/pipelave.pdf
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/wujawudomasilavenenome.pdf
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/71962244329.pdf
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/sazibor.pdf
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/gufeluluweb.pdf
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/girisumaxekebilaru.pdf
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/199e66ea5653f3e59cc775ffccc7096b/kidiletu.pdf
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmjuh3bspd5ok0q43l6dc84dbi/12923796951.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efcc.bin
39dbebf8a118c2ba4048f2f8a7fb25b0ab55495017023e7d3472fdd689e3b001
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCC 10976 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010911.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10911 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012123.bin
66cfe8c2d31e1053152c8f029f3c7264dfe382cb8cf82cd05652b3757a0a8886
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12123 17152 bytes