Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04b61531659dd1b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:57:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3eb9b5a7ec425cd484a3b3dd9dbc3646 SHA-1: fb1962da00eda06792e05106f2c5543f05621f3a SHA-256: 04b61531659dd1b80898e42253727a3031b2d5ec691aa38137127e4de6a73a17
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of links. Several heuristics indicate these links are part of a link farm, with some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware via the linked resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=asees+full+movie+punjabi PDF link annotation
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/29685623157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vupoduxoboxilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7fcbda624---9985308187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geotersrl.it/file/97694269046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/jelitifawovokawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfsroanoke.com/home/tfs/public_html/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53742583629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafixivulatexowogeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/velaredufotisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvzriu.org/images/file/80302512948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613819c843b4e---26461149511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/nupus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/50660532266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/86836690281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1376797554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/34848246948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/fawonasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkyway-vn.com/upload/files/fizege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simpangkanan.com/contents/files/82379180643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/13639343329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce142186e416fd3d3699cfa515aaa3d8/sutaposupuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81383266556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jojinotamivobuwegudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/bezefawinagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/96610796182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/97003336291.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_off0000bc2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC2D 10736 bytes
SHA-256: d53fce1f16c6022deb2b2df7038725d56b5f823e5885a1941c2cba25c1779d1a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD499 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAB 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 691121dcd1562965eedf3b9c2f467cee37bd9c30598a4fa7dc620e8edcb703a7