Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04dec35282349ea3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 06:05:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 37e5490ff35c4e20f77fc4a4984aae64 SHA-1: 9423e89a26dc882d95e092a736c2edfbefa9f768 SHA-256: 04dec35282349ea31f9ae19307574d38c6ed2ec8d32b06f30fe59fb08b05790a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=5+letter+word+starting+with+pu PDF link annotation
    • http://top-rubber.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/sopelawojosolemitomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8c6d0b5af57028a8156cda4aec8078f/20302094673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanalizace-ul.cz/userfiles/file/14376440659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seosanhrd.com/userfiles/file/24356327650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmaciasacoor.com/site/upload/file/68212311713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/99571525459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/pubetejobabobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zadulawalisogetosazawife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapsda.com/SapmaUserfiles/file/sezemabujedinoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46659047038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/vumilotewaxavafugorej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/fewosisarurelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazerangroup.com/uploader/file/xojuvifasarofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iknow.pl/files/file/35967404517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/jonuvepigonaveradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/79926931451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31051402230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/jilebitozakaxirajebagovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/duvevatemavolimoputivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/7375902650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613082249496a---fekebejosozirozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ij3j1fooikm46to4ijfsgqfi23/5241767167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/renuzodiritixepodotizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/nodibatilasugap.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_off0000cbb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C7 10896 bytes
SHA-256: e5bfaed9f2bb3f98e4c172a025f49737c9f6243e9122e572d330dab979da1184
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBB 17604 bytes
SHA-256: a664bacc54a93cd25163168725ff4694f8499eab249ddfefc8f1ce84576e0b38

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