Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f95db81bb1762a69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 12:24:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 393537b2a54a8fa76a964fbecaf53e8f SHA-1: 591c401ad66a0a47440b67fb5187eb93805b23e3 SHA-256: f95db81bb1762a69786ab197a3211b0eb22f58da7e6c90fca19225ed9bf6c86b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for redirection or phishing. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+photos+in+memory+card PDF link annotation
    • http://ketphatthinh.vn/upload/files/kumapoxafifoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/36466059834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a32e8846a---nuvave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/84273723667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/90928128031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cantinachitarra.it/userfiles/file/3940142212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/rapepozewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/49465405119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300b05ecd1c---4445919043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movie2book.com/userfiles/file/8260214565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/tewuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingtassinari.eu/userfiles/files/xoferosafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandiosieventinuziali.it/filesUploads/file/59963909144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/derozafeteribudowejoloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt2.com/contents/files/mokikexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161406586aafa5---97324398743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamphucthang.com/images/news/files/vewujudevudogikeridagiruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangsangins.com/upload/upload/file/10909600252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03acee26a338ffacff7677ae60250864/59303009470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evaemlak.com/userfiles/file///12787097517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/85836168221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kigimex.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47303293202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/evqu2bha3bepfhv2kqn95dqji5/jizusujiwakilorilujulifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofumedezufulemaloneze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/files/weruzimabimegezijawibi.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_off0000bb20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD332 16536 bytes
SHA-256: f5c73decc7c535838e8d6e3b0d266f50819ca407c77c58701349c641818df0a0
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDAA 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 21b8b152802dd8a36c3b270ba19dd917e926217138f165e6057079c48b757298