Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fddabf4d134ee6fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 05:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c83093bf0da4739e41659851f5658a2a SHA-1: 5f4b10a14288658dfddfea38f412e0e31c1d34d0 SHA-256: fddabf4d134ee6fc2735385ee1e2b03772dd458555c36c0d8066f71460e1f40f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution lures.

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+boruto+episodes+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78977246401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bytip.net/filespath/files/20210903123016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/lolanizoketur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/89517330868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lalorraineperdue.com/documents/60597265266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glamweddingdesign.com/userfiles/file/14487386670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2fb01a73d---3599379355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gosavakexeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109221027446152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/40351052518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/22337538790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungland.net/uploads/image/files/82851623781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///6191393632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.net/contents/files/widibujusaxepofaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090611524493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/27882308875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/98932560144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whygzy.com/Media/Uploads/files/3035891730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/nibupewerututugadipolujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40979004347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea5c2760f0---metafulanimugovito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machin.kr/userData/board/file/73889420174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/40479518419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/vidurizadelopowuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdlkgnndccnime9evfl7dtfof6/67372915111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saintarseny.ca/sites/saintarseny.ca/files/file/vadawejepaji.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_off0000b61f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB61F 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 4466c1ea121afee0623ef83b272179d627d54a2badd4847c4008c742e6f26b21
font_01_sfnt_off0000cedd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEDD 15544 bytes
SHA-256: afb4660125af48f767b9b4240c5405265d1be1a880cde31440108e47bd17a6e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF665 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1