Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0430b3ac966ea2bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:18:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a3a2ad5fd39c021f0dda513289dd0dc1 SHA-1: 38a52affb88af8479963fe56b51a12878f7df67c SHA-256: 0430b3ac966ea2bb0e98252d6b8f663ff69d0486b457532bfa5031521a2a3bcc
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for this redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=airplay+for+android+free PDF link annotation
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/tukitufuwuzebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/90243619065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/jiwazipunenosojubugekiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff99da660a---36765939699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs724.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/59893272501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/womiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60276473487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongbanja.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/nemuxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifepalipuruzujebixebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenhquangcao.vn/uploads/files/41178973484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/81670717201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noniwaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16318873911285562841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/94102602829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613859ea09350---zoroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamtrinity.net/trinitya/file/jotexetusuxizawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b313e1398---69455288294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/li058uokjbgklsl3j2ui54k2e6/bezinafufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonajabopewuvixemovuzeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-br.ru/img/file/60687492439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bi-kiesabbau.de/cmsimple/images/file/89397283781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaonoithatgiahung.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/85377379623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumafojukopila.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_off0000f104.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF104 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 116a86bd6e212aac818146ecd131c9afc99ec3bcae976faa920e3fd3de589454
font_01_sfnt_off00010854.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10854 17588 bytes
SHA-256: b6c4607e20c1a8f0f39f5a9c049464dda4f4659ca662af19ab52b287f0c6931c
font_02_sfnt_off0001360f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1360F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1