Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10e801e15ced8943…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-10-05 02:08:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 923b563e027602af0235e612f34316c3 SHA-1: 1a8a75047b66d10c433ca5c00f12c3b5f0c4bc68 SHA-256: 10e801e15ced894304e7ef23269fbd23212390bd07aca600ef7eb03199eb9d8d
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 are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+influence+friends+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/vubunugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/97043772564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614340b262567---70024927217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agierresrl.it/userfiles/files/sologotinijinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/bibalawuvarepowezowasunum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/neribasugapugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/pinuvijazata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itidharamshala.in/images/uploads/files/92420774059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9075847372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ed3a81742---1353485210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingswaytyres.com/project/kingsway/uploads/file/jotigosowexupivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://objednavky.dortovapohotovost.cz/obrazky/files/58405894133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161435ec686b4d---55418641297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh2mllu8ak70ihtvmspamni5q3/soruvawifigusujozubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucchetta.net/userfiles/files/78181606504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77488979959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69689954195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejijuxepojavulekupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/95784825705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/ziligabosadavirofegodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b04482fb11de78b3fe48c25d53fa141/29672730489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/79978162031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210923230256_378087922.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_off000100da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100DA 10628 bytes
SHA-256: a10921e292d63a4312657a379c59f9dcfe00d7f9be019dd15e498b65c23239a7
font_01_sfnt_off0001194a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001315c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1315C 19700 bytes
SHA-256: 9b7002e4ed363ffc566bae1ad8efd9e3589e901130c7d164706317ae95a3b7c1