Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23631b5385b22cf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:20:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4f631606486d16bd9658ed108056ba18 SHA-1: a695c206fb2dea9df91586685c6e83c616f03efd SHA-256: 23631b5385b22cf555557f6f51268295dc58d845856734ba4b97eb4f11d3f705
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to redirect the user or execute further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=deff+skwadron+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://morakothotel.com/file_media/file_image/file/nedezugapimuduzanulawuror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopujisudevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/vezazufeviwejesir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mg0uva68j4avnr862vktbc799u/74927360975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/bajolawelivopuvujetokogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/73784624428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/jewatuvuzaparid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arsvet.ru/img/upload/57010985225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents/files/41500475172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/lawerusutitibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613033e6b3704---guwivomifevov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/waposisona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/kirifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313e0327e39---93881433960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunkamalzemecilik.com/userfiles/file/13362968223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148f8e68667e---bitenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130614ac01c3---zoruwafepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dija.lv/public/userfiles/file/73165966247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pesowujutapuwolupezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diwijodazenakesosalafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fejlesztes.codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51761406875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents/files/zenopebipubewitenewusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalshield-uae.com/userfiles/files/verevowegemeninogerike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/wutevajabijijavabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/nuvoxawaf.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_off0000b4a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A3 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 8d74189b5ab456a5bfea54d8b08743319d7f34bdee2f3524c1bf248ea2914067
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC80 16156 bytes
SHA-256: 41571f017e7ebf0601308bac60e2392b9e6b0c1b285f13e847c68b3a561b9e59
font_02_sfnt_off0000f571.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF571 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1