Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f3452f0a788b267…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 21:14:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 697094377253274ff50a8dda6116ab98 SHA-1: 687e3e083ddbdee197c99ba610a27254d330e323 SHA-256: 1f3452f0a788b26711d4df87e33888720f6e2e5ec0594756902116166923e14f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=club+penguin+igloo+catalog+secrets PDF link annotation
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/jivabilafamavomikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/47395083137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christmaslandint.com/userfiles/75792791691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montereypark.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/ziworotifofegapigutojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/9165726518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/duxapasavuzow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bb220b5317---bobonemipolunidokusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzaidele.com/images/upload/File/58077193466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/95482314376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e714587e60---wupokavonozumumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.de/uploads/media/zagizunediverabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/28622805651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taimaobi.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46207855912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97802828740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/20905511561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/gusuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profesniprukaz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11806099203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/nageton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slr-eyewear.com/slr/userfiles/20210921081459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datototepupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/15041268527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d02d2bd2dc---86807496955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/72820491242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sin-hua.org/userfiles/62634186685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12hfrj42l7blp9b7ni55pne0mo/sesapeboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf3f1d0e8c119bab1c49f238494e2d5/pomeviwinerazokirufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lagovodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itps-group.com/uploadfiles/file/60578819353.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_off0000b910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB910 16384 bytes
SHA-256: f2b5a0918cee4c71cd64f083112b2851397f6c2eb1d023b7270852adee12ff30
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BA 10820 bytes
SHA-256: add3abee7e656a34aa1ae4f01138d410eb1d11a449d214f9ad399eade4be36e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1