Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffd7839757228037…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:25:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 042300c161095bfa07f386e602eac79c SHA-1: f14dcc30cb80e990c1088a5def9d3deab5347f6c SHA-256: ffd783975722803725fecec03874cb4903546e4410eaa8da43bd381dced1c08f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not directly analyzed for malicious intent in this report, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210902041925.pdf
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391938c1380---kuvewibe.pdf
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/jedesawi.pdf
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62588885697.pdf
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/68979007024.pdf
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/polosudaxuze.pdf
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/17683694831.pdf
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/daboxeditenep.pdf
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/vovojonunosawobizisukig.pdf
    • http://vikohasanfiber.com/upload/files/35014625479.pdf
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_332CA4C3DA779C97.pdf
    • http://kukdae.com/files/fckeditor/file/67675670022.pdf
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/59163620691.pdf
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/61705197483.pdf
    • http://montex.pro/uploads/userfiles/file/13899066504.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395c4865799---wajukuvosejopetipak.pdf
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/96411811571.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374be52ae66---motapaguxadomakukuwufo.pdf
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/46708772393.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613148d52a02f---99928752801.pdf
    • https://webmedcentralplus.com/userfiles/file/12582547211.pdf
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/3799762025.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=marvel+super+war+apk+download+latest+version
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/28167356775.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e3df.bin
b1412a5f185e20d67929912c8b086fe45b9d83e0fa707d479cff636c95e976dd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3DF 10724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcae.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114c0.bin
b57bcdc1ff2410cc588b583b5fbd809665345f1c9140f89f0160686e786d6787
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114C0 18080 bytes