Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fed999590ef45d02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:32:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 71fc05a5d68c454a14d060ef2ac8818c SHA-1: 135ddee9486a9b33747128f4dd77801ea644fe3a SHA-256: fed999590ef45d02fe338e361454629fb892701c2fb55ebdd1d05164c29b3df3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to facilitate the download or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+app+snaptube+mp3 PDF link annotation
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/mubotovoseraji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e382155f06b021ad0bc19e9813bcadf2/4880291515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gordostcrista.ru/userfiles/file/buwafokujufava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/wagafujupirefusarumoxosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisne.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvidotutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theptaynam.vn/upload/files/96751933276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c467b36e9e---12909808403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents/files/36150607995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icloudcleaners.com/uploads/account/autoresponderfiles/pusosizofitutilonuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d8d9dc6d3---52029984833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinostandards.net/upload/files/53468377013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9261520215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/95266077664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/fadaruzelifobeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htcpost.vn/vietpost.vn/img_content/file/6346886226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/45849349255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/tezosedogitiwikonenuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/42267488435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realfootball.gr/userfiles/file/kokemipixukadudonogojuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayoung.kr/upfile/files/1555927231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f601b8cef---linigururute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-pointpro.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/towekijevupekipavupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/84116349870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfalu.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagixalov.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_off0000d255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD255 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 828fa9852a87fc3f0a747e86443cde6733508108e8ae20b7f4e84d1b3e3670c5
font_01_sfnt_off00010161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10161 10872 bytes
SHA-256: dffa876751e349e6fffa0b96fa92770a1d245e57e1e0068970131acfd64bca39
font_02_sfnt_off00011a68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1