Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 131b2dea91463a03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-12 01:30:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4bab7e887e184eae595f7a032239b54f SHA-1: 2e553e89ddeb15406f68fe3cfd60696901878c02 SHA-256: 131b2dea91463a0321a4602a4f50e2e3e3ae0ef0908172f14297e5daafc350cc
164 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 uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript could be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9716

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=words+i+can+spell+with+letters PDF link annotation
    • http://geasit.it/userfiles/files/8367014610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8891986ec78de39bdd80ddc397d2d478/fevoponijizofadisovepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be1d0104a4---xibaxomonibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abhinavabhishad.org/userfiles/file/warili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/wuvomitusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/jolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///16884514341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/69181568663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a2a83aa8db---25726648291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/84669536620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luruziguxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29808236344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattshopping.com/admin/assets/images/ckfiles/wutavilodemidazixaxivijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkataangikar.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82763222091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/78965158083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a07155369---29837910876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/18208030787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a528506601---28889479920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/84499368460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/86445821137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/nidefapobinimoviliguzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/92470321369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/fimugozawivabivagadosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spvi.cn/filespath/files/20210911140207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/lumawaxodiwaxogumiwilula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finchamauto.com/pics/joponixajuxakebigupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/26275135346.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://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_off0000d88b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD88B 16452 bytes
SHA-256: f7820fd2228796b71781d75b4a8a73a38a18eb87e1113775b8b706bfbae3637b
font_01_sfnt_off000102f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F1 10688 bytes
SHA-256: a6f150558a1d8326ecc8dd53029fbdc59e4c9a481554aa5f70634632d74dfec4
font_02_sfnt_off00011b70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1