Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 279da1631ab3ded3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:11:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e0584f9b37f0754146665cab35c80caf SHA-1: 6e407d939c4b0631ad7ac13422bcccf244620e2d SHA-256: 279da1631ab3ded39f450105a2293625111b4b68ce701148b6f5be97629f9c6b
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a link farm intended to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/jujof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/66289257511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd49a1a81b---29756390908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/31663476656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/gilujefasewekasowuzuditut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/60638797700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/46090302265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/92005146913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19c03b46bb---48643274392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozurokejenoriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9ba73ffad---zovifuviwotazemawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210903130452932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/wimopejuzojafugubexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210829175110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762342cc7fb---18701679308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkemymm.com/image/files/sevaketagudofobunine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/54252948615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb99b999906---66301902292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/vuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a219a97c5a3f2c6f620b2dc549b63f0a/53052150929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befab5e9d00---46795786669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/91782967186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cnc+turning+tools+name+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e09b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE09B 18752 bytes
SHA-256: 3731611903f54756e1df64ee3f5a9dd2e5af18985bc3044ad789cb9991f6e73a
font_01_sfnt_off00011070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11070 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 062afa1619e7ad406c0f054535b7549fff6179be2312ec0f2a568543eb87e681
font_02_sfnt_off00012a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1