Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d2e45675066b17f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-28 16:44:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 76c0239e2c77ba00f25ff114c3dbb2a2 SHA-1: 62e7b718078318707da518a3c331578df41c9608 SHA-256: 1d2e45675066b17fae0031115f934c3a793acb567061433cd6de922e64319e59
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rifts+spirit+west+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ydyb.com/filespath/files/20210910200328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/25852820722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votejoedestefano.com/editorData/file/80679515436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139aa4e53fa6---dosusuvazole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pb-book.com/user_file/file/kixunija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasantitosrestaurant.com/userfiles/file/63133679276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/26728945896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclearusa.com/images/file/21116322284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/vodakuzamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntouioc.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/palivoviwuvedijolapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gordostcrista.ru/userfiles/file/27967177002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egitara.com/upfiles/files/74516909382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bc5d5310c4---ziwuloxebupinuwesofozil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabuvenibutavavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/labikijulupofada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kujainspectors.com/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/95560835834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151c0aa9e824---21192004339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sysquare.com/UserFiles/files/74361580528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/89207767398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/titoborasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d8318034c---64077045241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/54164046239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsugiadinhviet.com/upload/ck/files/zakujalusodizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/94297535533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/xovafanunizobudobu.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_off0000b3b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3B7 10192 bytes
SHA-256: bee0dad469f6edb5d93ef43256806035375d5dbd380ecd4bfb5226cf6f636dab
font_01_sfnt_off0000cab0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAB0 15868 bytes
SHA-256: ab4a4316b6760149223e3b72ced018e58e8024c11783ef094cd1a983406dd272
font_02_sfnt_off0000f273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF273 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1