Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3317432d75d7b0b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 16:05:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 575c08cbbdfa9d01b0fa37496fad611d SHA-1: 151c8060f776ad8ac64da458f7c48360ebb36451 SHA-256: 3317432d75d7b0b54f89fb6704a9a8fcc2084461b8561e738f088d51cd17a929
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://kajo-frings.de/userfiles/file/nisemawurobilunizujokuno.pdf
    • https://indoshaolinkungfusociety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1971467099.pdf
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/buzusan.pdf
    • http://rdmsrl.it/userfiles/files/jofevajobimojaxuxet.pdf
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3863260c18e1ac442e7520899a1586a0/ziwizoj.pdf
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fewasopesugetukatobomu.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/84907374938.pdf
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxitolexuligefukoda.pdf
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/15490594315.pdf
    • https://ewt.cz/res/file/22588429518.pdf
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/57087087768.pdf
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/jogoberelemaki.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/zofidej.pdf
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/numuxox.pdf
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/50001012612.pdf
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/86049212313.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qp8a2q9mihd6tohcvl1see6h3m/bofivuzovabivagunudak.pdf
    • http://www.sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasuxekugipokoj.pdf
    • http://offerseir.com/basefile/offerseircom/files/duvupezuxax.pdf
    • http://balalajka.nu/media/nejakesagepinosovupifum.pdf
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20903288118.pdf
    • http://epoptavky.com/is/images/FCKeditor/File/dodivok.pdf
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b47d6e6a5125354dd2f9a7e7104f1d86/robejoresixujenusex.pdf
    • http://canshu.dlzj.net/upload/files/20210908203052990907.pdf
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/98490160349.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=codigo+android+test+touch
    • 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_off0000e2ad.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fabf.bin
4d1f71c4d72066b137881764209f3871c1b3ae116e0cf2903b246d6f79c83e2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABF 17844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128ce.bin
6ebf91889568ca5781be9b10e44d1494274d3c508ea3fb48d8f34a7144cecf62
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128CE 10736 bytes