Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2756334594f502c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 12:31:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5b4398bc50d29f8c05d49b04a70700ef SHA-1: 75791ea629de7ca33271414c2113d4a85871f315 SHA-256: 2756334594f502c71b2f1f4113d2e95b16602201014224bfe2b461df73952f82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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=how+to+watch+twilight+saga+online+for+free PDF link annotation
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/20979746460c65aa54aaa8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/fomudike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608666fcd3de1---45461337144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanlinh.vn/upload/files/20798821151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/6929435094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/tewugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607addad78cae---1826767479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/11934291255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3ce548217---xetulilixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18ccfab335---5423626223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/60106021089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/95437871421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/91026767059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/jokogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/20236405832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4ue0bqnhu3utu0e38j9t21kq5/xuvopevemezolagevunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7a5d0348fd733970420edab55b388b9/75051218184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de8e05d43a---jiwixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e42a675eb2---mutosifitipopinefoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/93064695183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/jiwesutamevapisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodsaver.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/32487576139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b63ca025ceb52b716a678b3fc1713c40/neronawowuwidukidirukivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/958106210.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_off0000ec3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC3B 10692 bytes
SHA-256: ab81a3c0037244ce55d1791e59bf6dd6d720f05126fecdb5bf51bacb3ed8e153
font_01_sfnt_off000104be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD0 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 600af362a0ed8ae0ae6ceb1f1fa9883b4fc4b78b95d87e72c8d708c49aaa3d29