Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d502f76bdc9f7a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:00:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a5d58b9901da7625d6faac15dd15c60b SHA-1: f439a9579e98e21a4c2c07917b38bfec51d82e29 SHA-256: 1d502f76bdc9f7a2a0cc16342c289da9b5b585d91f418a7eb289525e623cec19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=install+linux+partition+on+windows+10
    • https://apc-algercentre.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69996507873.pdf
    • http://www.poliklinika-hb.cz/userfiles/file/gusakitejunokipi.pdf
    • http://sushrutproctology.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74307473315.pdf
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12075267876.pdf
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/22499107336.pdf
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420e95acb7c---lezojaxipelijupowev.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0138b608eb970fc219eb6fa57451837/45450862382.pdf
    • https://ags-car.com/upload/files/tuturuluzotoz.pdf
    • https://pasationtravellers.com/root/FCKeditor/file/94949874572.pdf
    • https://ladachess.ru/userfiles/file/36394102694.pdf
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/677533875.pdf
    • https://pasationtravellers.com/root/FCKeditor/file/26847494779.pdf
    • https://vetregistr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90740545438.pdf
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/28004948110.pdf
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/34967850183.pdf
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12362594222.pdf
    • https://xn--49st2et51duvk.com/upload/files/64738764804.pdf
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/21521088965.pdf
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/vutajalakige.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ef7497728---44855435764.pdf
    • http://phamtrangia.site/upload/files/96111814905.pdf
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/43235396384.pdf
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/pejawenek.pdf
    • 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_off0000dc1c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC1C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42e.bin
30cee0bbc2bd0c2e82977e36baa306beb19409ca4c44c990a8890e5d86792a44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42E 17412 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120fc.bin
ecf5e68e3e91100bc195b29d55b7312d122b9e099694bde30124d168392f291b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120FC 10668 bytes