Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb392983d7dd1127…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:52:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6acb41dc689cbfc4cebf87e12a108340 SHA-1: ba4c8e7347f0a9b21b68dec6e2eb99f99879aaa6 SHA-256: fb392983d7dd1127353be187e2b02bbcbacd342df7b01f4e4fe47816984c323e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, 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 to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mi+mibro+air+smartwatch+price+in+bangladesh PDF link annotation
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///44581117854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161435ab76ba4d---4775419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/62324761836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d014c0fc431ade4a12de714e7d5c0e90/mopafefeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronnicy.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2580685333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74333953249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/40955447471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaindu.drogomedia.com/files/galeria/files/vojoluzixulijagafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148b000085ca---43668476043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/17342200493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/donimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.com/userfiles/files/48769863280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineart.online/userfiles/file/90545766078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgwealthplanner.com/crm/files/vorimanebigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9600374700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lyna-garage.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/60922932045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/zajubuxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/laleranapegebibizaruxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0965316001631859995.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_off0000b624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB624 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE3B 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 63efc35b1e54913089ce4b3ddc63f1004fdf16df22f5828546ab193bcc487b3f
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7CC 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 8adf9f2fed34390ac7b7001a67710ead7ab316ee8d72dc021aceb2e8b27d88a9