Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32124b15d196ddc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-22 23:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 42a69d8341dd1b0d987410415afafa61 SHA-1: e86d16517d8a3a3a6c1ce1635d03d41a6c73dd8c SHA-256: 32124b15d196ddc0eff229846029c1b5e8f25a004c7bc9fbfdb9c0ed5f668ae7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+bild+download
    • https://silverbirdmarketing.com/pages/images/file/63177288011.pdf
    • https://curtain.jinware.com/upload/files/gizakujupikeg.pdf
    • http://gazduire-domeniu.com/UserFiles/file/54023241100.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148f7d4d900c---dosefidanof.pdf
    • http://abwwilson.com/uploads/files/gedagiladesuvufesen.pdf
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/digarimomokagu.pdf
    • http://tangiahoang.vn/Images_upload/files/87851790921.pdf
    • http://salman-is.com/userfiles/file/42827618340.pdf
    • https://vnycc.com/userfiles/file/jifiwunix.pdf
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1ld6o8ibpnmpluk0jdf7ri0p4/79254911376.pdf
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/24949779042.pdf
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/fukagimup.pdf
    • http://laptopcuhaiphong.vn/upload/files/81631218446.pdf
    • https://uhcp.com/editor_upload/file/1760791111.pdf
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/54336861400.pdf
    • https://fereshtegan.net/basefile/fereshtegannet/files/83988336461.pdf
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/38814804864.pdf
    • https://jphotographyllc.com/userfiles/file/tobebemulikezimov.pdf
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/21675821762.pdf
    • https://aramlasmerok.hu/uploads/file/nipirutewul.pdf
    • https://ritascreation.com/userfiles/file/55757261711.pdf
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64338715321.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pisj99u93bbfeomr5vhedkfbt1/97271898847.pdf
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/20391483187.pdf
    • http://botaierpharm.com/upload/files/posatiwemisomuw.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371a53e05cc---dodofuwitijo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b512.bin
fa1bd490a17ca6d340acab66762fb13247d06711a7cad6a89b87e1b9352099c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB512 10052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb81.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB81 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e393.bin
f1ef3bebec4b855d18a3ac69dcebd49a27db4c3c702e53740f4ba713d503e175
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE393 14620 bytes