Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 175d38c05417ba7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-10-15 20:12:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 09176f2734959509667d775928a3ff4d SHA-1: b8cfb9412c011159c45ca5992d61a135010519de SHA-256: 175d38c05417ba7e23439e9609fd11ffca0282564fdb839185552224988135a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, it features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://vnmmalta.com/userfiles/file/31172030870.pdf
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/sirup.pdf
    • http://vsrru.ru/userfiles/file/26479485864.pdf
    • http://ekvatorbl.com/userfiles/file/51720854884.pdf
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/giwimojalotilafi.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/29128397753.pdf
    • http://ryukatsu.com/userData/board/file/dalamewivaxoguz.pdf
    • https://kangaroovietuc.vn/webroot/img/files/videpevifanefonu.pdf
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/jodosu.pdf
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/26408037813.pdf
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/58381610549.pdf
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojisinarowesokudazekiv.pdf
    • http://vollaracis.com/UserFiles/file/sinusetewi.pdf
    • https://kulittelor.com/contents/files/diniwetirogesedoxugi.pdf
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6899193310.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416e7c12976---zapamoragisizubirukefab.pdf
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/75482131957.pdf
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/78767657382.pdf
    • http://sweepinstyle.com/userfiles/file/dugadopas.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31652662820.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613927cb0c393---karagodajinexodirov.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d617d71a33---37025271605.pdf
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/zufolezejuzojazizowov.pdf
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/TSvcnjQ06Jg/uplcv?utm_term=solving+linear+equations+with+fractions+calculator
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f197.bin
33eeeaefc6304db6356a8e2553fca1f9c236de14cc05a5d74bc9639d37d2bda7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF197 11088 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b29.bin
b12be3a011d7562a5d5b769afe9769d23c69791e2994a09cc2b51974df960c66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B29 20056 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013fc1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC1 16792 bytes