Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc5af74716baa2ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-30 18:23:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8440354407d2334ed786016fa89d5fc0 SHA-1: 397bce3581787bed111ef50671b043f5ecd8a58a SHA-256: fc5af74716baa2ac424d285021547ef5f510f2d13dff49b99ee1895904e27edf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. The primary attack pattern appears to be a phishing lure or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+the+mesosystem PDF link annotation
    • https://kenhquangcao.vn/uploads/files/wunemegajomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacientes.quiroser.com/UserFilesQUI/file/wanumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/91085030301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://only-svet.ru/upload/files/wizasebuxuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-malkov.ru/uploads/files/vonimuzeponafixariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudicobank.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katowanurubudemele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cce47cddd4316ea3e85265ab42fb9b77/28675268576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfnql9ccm8mc7caq4j2kdc855i/2642969783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweet-sugar.de/images/uploadedimages/file/kovafawojiluvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/7705790874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webkapper.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6dbfb65f21e719bb4e8ae65a479b48d/74133283779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nerezove-kuchyne.cz/UserFiles/File/62051815646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/43658286064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cbg9dihj7egda2g6a7dceb1d2cp4nvgf4f.com/datas/files/tozebaluvabejazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8888237141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/45189038699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/51751917108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkatanagariksammelan.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6878587492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geomanteia.com/userfiles/files/rexemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibstroiexp.ru/userfiles/file/94899898361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/37455671705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/sovexaxinejejafasawul.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_off0000aed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAED5 10524 bytes
SHA-256: f2f437772a7f05bfeb6d481ac08b18d9a4b5f353775cfe76e2ce624733b13af6
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6E0 16516 bytes
SHA-256: dbdfb80b0e6a6a280768da376e82dd007ece4f855864b4d856890484867331cc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1