Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1372a39a0d6eb5cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 06:13:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6ed8a5f1f245ed097737a04b932a7c12 SHA-1: 63bfd268dfa2b638d6a3b6e8ded3fada708c9399 SHA-256: 1372a39a0d6eb5cb8f2462d9486dc6326d5eac21ce08f11cddb8207954dded4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, 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 download of further malicious content.

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+personal+hotspot+not+working PDF link annotation
    • https://repairbase.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/images/file/88318609556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaan121.com/uploads/files/202109171246208353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161477ac5c34a3---refuzevemetopipudevude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/33664716334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/wojakudaveganaturekorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stapper.de/sites/default/files/userfilesfile/ronisipivitapewenin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierlistei.ch/downloads/99926125408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanukajusejonufoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspeq.eu/public/files/83406324050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/majalubejomin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614071273d663---vezumijejotobope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6caf9b7bae914662f084687b488433f2/zatopareretoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orenprom.com/img/account/file/sunatawuvasazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/75305414026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xszhuhai.com/uploadfiles/files/31602830837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zudewiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d872eaa844---90573667816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/55063940720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itscebu.com/upload/file/20210911031355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveursetsavoirs.fr/image/file/likejegot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133deb059986---baganufajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/69981283702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chretkinia.pl/userfiles/file/91169686603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/14269501673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/kotitob.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_off0000b533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB533 10660 bytes
SHA-256: b80b4a0a230a8aff472b5b708bf56334493d94f349868ddf06b4acca64d217e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000cda0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDA0 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 41eaf7f835b06292341248f2bc3355eea2b4b0ac6ecdd6b01406dd5aaef7b379
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1