Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 020336d35da517d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 06:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: dfce2d802f9c9011a3d3db816b213458 SHA-1: 34ced60eecbd8da679d7f466f6a81d284fecbbcc SHA-256: 020336d35da517d2b479d7fc2a96a84438d016c712010a73103c5d1a6f2ce18a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress upload directories, forming a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to download further malicious content, likely through the embedded JavaScript and the extensive list of URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/rofolasukanon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sweet-sugar.de/images/uploadedimages/file/29875847277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gma.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2502735070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gemipeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/butogowadinawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613083100ec6e---sefunadijexetobobidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/94353853403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210916105235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/fugefomifilovumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/69791770629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xobirotirejore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://explosivedevices.ru/media/file/korefedoratowodamujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/22553048898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispecom.com/cms_dispecom/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/74390507821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokole-tps.pl/userfiles/file/tujezoreliwipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613030b4ce109---zusuvasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/91851111901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86411190078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dfdd08cd4f071e92ad02bd661fbdb78/51958213282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/59167074508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rovedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hensuyenpqa.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogugixidokupoderimuraxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulendengin.com/upload/ckfinder/files/toledebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613895f94aead---42924900546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage3.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/56361083004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=splayer+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000d5c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C5 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 4e1c72ee40ccbc3b8f688691541d6f9b89574900f64f7ce0bcd1c88a00aebc1d
font_01_sfnt_off000103fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103FC 10396 bytes
SHA-256: a56defce205526964e0e00c43ca29e37ace30833d7895e39b76509d37623c915
font_02_sfnt_off00011bb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1