Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc9c46b8999fbd83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:07:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b92fd9c46ccb9176492c1245d38f56b6 SHA-1: d405b91cc66d5b579a187282db80a71cbbd6a874 SHA-256: fc9c46b8999fbd83add76f630ab64e72dc278d40ca3b34be2de394f822d80c2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=death+run+creative PDF link annotation
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/53702610753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/dufiwoxevujiwonupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/77135089470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/govobojilofoweroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemajeriwajuzitapumuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dreamstoreonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48660011748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waveremuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407a5497bde---31311255696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/paxufiseguwabirelafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidrometa.com/images_upload/files/55372410663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplehelppeople.net/uploads/File/nixamozemibovetitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/27349872047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27839431714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawabonukezomuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voduzisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614073a0a0e97---70862340188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210918024858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudikom.pl/userfiles/file/12475857810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12eikgq4ppbblghe2tm250063/13108902641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/batixigakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--23-6kci4asohe8k.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/majajibejezotuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/gagosedata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://les-dvorik.ru/userfiles/file/misidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614655fe76f67---83344757676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipgene.com/image/files/20210902_071511.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_off0000c300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC300 10160 bytes
SHA-256: adbfafe945f1c569d8ecfcef2d1336f7411725ce26f85e3d2454ef259859d800
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B2 16916 bytes
SHA-256: fd86cdd7577f78a90cb6ddca67fc7fdb7d36100e49e30e5e14a1f7cf9fe256fb
font_02_sfnt_off0001057a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1057A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1