Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe5b76bf5f2140d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-10-03 19:01:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 3048bf84198a40eaf35e298d5f7ed796 SHA-1: 26352ebd966ff5b73c433d23b5b029d633cb0fbd SHA-256: fe5b76bf5f2140d8bb6b4a63a25665768ff406b9e466472ac900ed84f5407f93
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to obfuscate the malicious links or redirect the user.

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 http://bjdfszwy.com/filespath/files/20210908203741.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/rixusenuvogopipusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impeka.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/xarunilanomiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/zisasifapuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88274105834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161599fdd050c6---34353708296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rippa.pt/files/file/babokejozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d39386e03b---616591864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/36797614028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb-hospital.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/tepupepowetajozebuzinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongkhomica.com/upload/files/furaruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/65575167000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenhajimetustin.com/uploads/files/ruwuvalapefutun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/38561360905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanlacsclub.com/ckupload/files/waperenagamazazefavinadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/jelolodejububisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c482e6cc13---kipipusumofileg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xasozabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff12892a9d7f84f2ac0964ea7f64fcc3/tupijidixajupopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/72963870411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellamy.tw/uploads/files/202110010335063494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=renlearn+quiz+answersPDF 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_off0000af2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF2D 10320 bytes
SHA-256: bc82c08d32d77546c4371459d76e6dc252f6b2f1d78b7c5be240d4cb9d1ed97b
font_01_sfnt_off0000c69b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC69B 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 82fb67bb0ec9985e4da3470897816bd7c25cf687e499c42aa0a0b04e7353e160
font_02_sfnt_off0000f442.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF442 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1