Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd2732231a3bd49a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 16:03:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 411b2679a871efc6931e22496c7e7951 SHA-1: ee97631167535354dfd017eb21da03191453b3dd SHA-256: fd2732231a3bd49a06a3a98ea0047b91e30f0d9fab489f77d0497be8f34dc169
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further payloads. The embedded JavaScript stream is a common technique for obfuscating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=obb+file+for+dls+19 PDF link annotation
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/pixitinaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alliance-educationsexuelle.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozatupupezumapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e3c2ec88bd---94958866599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekorazupujusomesaxesati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xyr59.com/filespath/files/20210920010419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/batavuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/72553755378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qbcar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99847838969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roseeskin.com/userfiles/file/20210921212150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52859942916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents/files/wugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0535a2b4523e819b70d026c50f16790c/20739982522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/22383817320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/22301431037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2ec84a596---sedopiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlandpark.com/uploads/files/45599113125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crmsaas.dswip.com/ci/userfiles/files/dalenewukikujeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210915_165236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/66680816557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/28568343839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/lotuvikalelunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ab4826498---vizipugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021091405233839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320de9951b5---loges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210921_E03D706AC5E9C4C3.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_off0000b99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB99B 15484 bytes
SHA-256: f2ac7bf98f1f96603597225e572430f55a85409073c67f62b59440f4b4050e02
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FD 10368 bytes
SHA-256: ab9708922c21c53c7645c57431172c85e4830db6c9a90f88d6fdc26cd35ac1bf
font_02_sfnt_off0000f888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF888 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1