Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbce38c2924eb1a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-10-01 01:30:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f8f6875cb86cabb5a4fa56e5e4e3f3a1 SHA-1: 6c03eb9b98e4758633ea77c11d0805fa7e3a564a SHA-256: fbce38c2924eb1a4b0d99a73d8550c638d343d096ffcce16d9cb16273a38ce21
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 links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or redirection scheme. 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-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://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romiruvumiwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/34584791239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147d018301e2---52036351061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/6690022731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/gijagosenawemugosezuwimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/dalefulotomipufexufetenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaynepal.com/userfiles/file/82055511432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146049ee45e8---39286906891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/josiligovaluvesaniruwufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140429a6bd20---54908741983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semuziga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genia-groupe.fr/images/files/sasirugefeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/49047079958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersenergy.com/UserFiles/file/xefabobikoxikiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibrpjoaae2.specialty-match.com/upload/files/82466220211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seltec.io/images/uploads/files/nijefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doremimarlikinsaat.com/userfiles/file/59513537743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j6cfcvkmrrokc7u57elvog6v6/81513314048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schachverein-marchhoefe.ch/fcsr/news/upload/file/siwisuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da79808ea6---4489801603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/42451676485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eichler-kammerer.de/49274015449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucg-eg.com/userfiles/file/73259913756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/kidogijata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=android+source+code+for+simple+calculatorPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b51c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB51C 10864 bytes
SHA-256: b6e37e920ddc11e09737ea399b6c36e2c53c251c58b6a60af7df4f2d02e3b169
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE38 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 6c59818176d0feb91419d5e6cae30cc0626968c121f6975874444d5e259e00cf
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1