Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1641852774a42ae8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:35:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6cf18755bff1b4e997dc4f2036605af7 SHA-1: 5559aba4a2b1ad992e38e0124554ecd9ee1f62fb SHA-256: 1641852774a42ae8b371ae1ed6f3fdd655c5dba7cdcb3aca94f8478c7cedb764
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 are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. This structure strongly suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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=sugiyono+2014+metode+penelitian+kuantitatif+kualitatif+dan+r%26d+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/81123555127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traitagri-solutions-alternatives.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejerowikibegetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glavis.biz/userfiles/file/28141349830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changdahk.com/upload/mekide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personal.sut.ac.th/chantira/port/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59531654730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/vemaxokokomobawemefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608355d7ca80b---69942504444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e79d0855ec8---tiwasumafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/57833998674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/7832402516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/69555913947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yildizteknikelektrik.net/resimler/files/71695641624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8e702569a---dibejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e361887dd0b---43034235181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844c625648f---mafitizikamagidexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2m320ep6lq7nk22e0ee30sck6/63054111576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/69400568737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um6sp5i8vv287d50li2m88m0m5/8437708268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98374b6d1b---44917114447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnettoptan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/63378158498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobepijopasajowebutom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e8a859f15c---migilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/roruxuxirilexamabonirerug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/98062226613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aci-immobilier-douai.fr/userfiles/files/zazisa.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_off00010446.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10446 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5D 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 310123c73e750907c07d13ef8c132497d558928c7cb0c93d4bafea2444850ef9
font_02_sfnt_off0001373d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1373D 16504 bytes
SHA-256: f749e6f2809fed9aeb3ecffa38cca5c07de68f2dc911bf051264b267c146cbb6