Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fec829edcb1d1ce1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:43:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 75467c764e025c9e29e6d4de1523864b SHA-1: c8eb3291f072489dd92367ef39b1d4455cf5545e SHA-256: fec829edcb1d1ce1a725966243fd41e9d41ccd7a0cc2854b797e7c7300ec39db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9884

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://geose.ru/userfiles/file/59062466169.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents//files/pakemedonisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49db8aab4f---11071453588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b2550fdda---gibebanisiwima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58de99429de6f154f2153202e5fcd3cc/36444358647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80566410911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5956947a0d4c9c93f5e6fc0f3e1f2867/72900129707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/13961895988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca06f5d7a5f---54159652458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f5ab70858a801d9d64a09c64862390/35704995034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/78428584746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edison76.com/clients/5/54/54c13950cbd15a81e6fb4362eab8f273/File/xijujesediduxuravokivipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/60153054454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/rawojotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/mosugaxifevefefodure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/sixadijuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mallenmediations.com/mallenmediations/images/userfiles/file/goxojarigoboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/94745248150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/sojotukaresiteduxigijobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belgium-ex.com/images/blog//file/42817499919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/fesuwopefujavapowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837f6ec6356---91268823175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db21b8a0fafc8aaa69878f7c570e1027/fuvuparosisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=devi+bhagavatam+pdf+in+englishPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f67d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF67D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E8E 16244 bytes
SHA-256: fddcbe21bdf9fb2753729b4ab5b26d7a3fbb01e3fe51d41ab0725360e25c189d
font_02_sfnt_off00012478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12478 23288 bytes
SHA-256: de997fc8281950f00d4d8ade6742e14879722621fe6f5c8ced79285e67a062a9
font_03_sfnt_off00016086.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16086 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_04_sfnt_off00016883.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16883 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 966c67794b89b165981e5152f9671f64aa979ba553c9c7848c983d1a08d411bf