Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb198b254a8d5065…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:36:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5fa563cd9429b7f2558c0c76621ea1dd SHA-1: 2aee9782670f1f606913ba6521b985eca3900b35 SHA-256: fb198b254a8d506501bb870c10fe396408e35d450587d4366eb945b577b02069
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload execution.

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=recovery+data+after+factory+reset+android PDF link annotation
    • https://optimumquestsolutions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojuwikiweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/fijomumarugavinone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.com/neu/userfiles/file/63755276619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/793323648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/026130bea7a5e1b5db6c0996ea9b54dc/18172112077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strefaokazji.pl/uploaded/file/gakomipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fgosvo.ru/files/files/beduketuluretelonope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/zogonubidowadiwiloluvutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents/files/22802597184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noclegsosnowiec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/vivedeketupoxofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4g6but1687f8o99u38065fs3a/rorekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qwerty.pl/_data/file/42419421618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/56474581474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/livikabaxasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161472900ea6fc---40563394425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hazrdner-r4a10d.com/alisveris/yollanan_resimler/file/19662238533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-c-t.com/userfiles/file/2059362104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aolisenjiancai.com/data/files/xafireduwipiluwimajepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qs42trgad2jpea7l508kjhjjp/xenoketiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greengenome.in/admin/userfiles/file/remunobituzakabazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/werajomibumoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricantvn.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/gotuzobuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/wavabebevugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/81519561288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/66898581493.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_off0000ca3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA3B 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 15d98960524ad16a5b302334e6f04dfbbf5445bfa13217b8c9c847f485af35f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2CD 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 36f21276806bc090c2f6ca4e435627e53aeeebf36a77344f9e19ca5117805298
font_02_sfnt_off000110d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1