Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 265f297671a5bf22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-27 01:16:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e5a3695bd92c0e529011153c462a9391 SHA-1: e3d80eef075b00b7747b0954baa4112375bbc69e SHA-256: 265f297671a5bf2239ae82ee2f921b8d327aa8e25c97cb495df4ba740e187630
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mine+caves+game PDF link annotation
    • https://hobbypet.cz/files/file/dijifopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasaac.org/temp/files/62570636791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109180628481698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/72414833479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/44351299553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/37896920529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161409310864c2---1526502014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912132334464231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b66655fd66---finiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimazipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uokntlu364f0stvoidnrkggnrg/dupezogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/zenowirajemutasizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a00e2d83b6851afbb3fa60c3da71b9f5/92493193202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bon-mar.com/fck_user_files/file/84176038419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146242cd404c---15022878187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nidetelexukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/lutokasodenarimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didongsinhvien.com/upload/files/95703968704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://losungversorger.com/product/file/lefegalidowiwotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tivafa.hu/upload/file/pujuxiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vevugowaxabafexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/56482773762.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_off0000ad63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD63 15156 bytes
SHA-256: 2c1bd3e3eb14c8033876558dcb94058bb13fa5afd6fcfec55fcb18fa07c8f36d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3D2 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 9e0e38ccc02931c83cf004e63905f3e1d0cdf678b498a24ac7afd6685beb943c
font_02_sfnt_off0000eae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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