Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 351079e048bffdc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-22 14:05:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 16192a9d9e006eef596aa00e977d8fcd SHA-1: d06ee5176bf1a6e8430f944c4cae3f2231749946 SHA-256: 351079e048bffdc112f331cf301af89f040ae01ea5d21d892a92a5ec448689ae
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed to redirect users, likely to phishing sites or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mx+player+kumkum+bhagya PDF link annotation
    • https://esperidiaogomes.com/userfiles/files/tabizekakofuwegoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35080482628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mmalappeenranta.com/tiedostot/files/rizopajegulavonelavuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kokomanis.com/contents/files/nonado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f260cc3232---41005697548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210913140538317704sfj83bgiyfxw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/wonuxoxapajuwedekabige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatandcompany.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/24433019826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/raludaloladimisilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/xovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srccaa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40780551412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146f2c311119---6796296362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dexedapebopexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dywin.com/uploadfile/files/joxukipozojukujijolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxajetokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9357410dacaa3a808d7bcaaf226ee313/wolekomikesawijiwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modra-skola.cz/userfiles/file/65850656125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dottoridegregorio.it/public/file/66003702040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/tojemebazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/48555142275.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_off0000ba36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA36 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 3f80afabff950135e9934881cbd9314ddfc42dc767c9bbc1a29d2cc30e77898b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD273 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA85 17228 bytes
SHA-256: cbdef168257ebb5ee7970ef4b1322eead6fbb740b966a65d26713e4c8c4e9fa4