Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35268ec84a1265b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:34:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a4ec5c6787d4bfd38a9d6bcc2cccbd4e SHA-1: 1e2e8564036c3510713d3396603943fccab4ef63 SHA-256: 35268ec84a1265b9c3e6a61378ceb9a50738e09c167f9916f2344c295d46124f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to download or redirect the user to a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=highest+frequency+in+electromagnetic+spectrum
    • https://sainaudit.mn/File/97828889867.pdf
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210912204437_svrpiw.pdf
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/84687278530.pdf
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/96961645762.pdf
    • http://hongpakthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39755482411.pdf
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jovos.pdf
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141157c75fce---5686217632.pdf
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/62487686180.pdf
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa01d3b07d---dotifu.pdf
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2a8c2cb61---kijelemovinizeveroje.pdf
    • http://mtsp.by/userfiles/files/vimoliwile.pdf
    • http://markaz-e-durood.com/EditorImages/file/pimuxiruju.pdf
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/kulizot.pdf
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/59990297819.pdf
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/biguxakowogadeva.pdf
    • https://institutdesante.org/userfiles/file/depujara.pdf
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/xilexafogo.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161339125d4b35---61834162347.pdf
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/varap.pdf
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/85708344712.pdf
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ae7dac38b7da8f5c1dacb8a8d426a3/xeworopev.pdf
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/15236818153.pdf
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373863591d2---faxiwirutuful.pdf
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/10109099661.pdf
    • https://jetaime-shop.dvsportbg.com/files/fuzeremakoxa.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_off0000d65a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD65A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee6c.bin
f67bc448d7f93ecede76996a1b5244b80080b89680131821ec8dc0e03f9917b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE6C 18628 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f6a.bin
5e1dc634c95174314fc6613938f1892972d478bdf94e1c92d6060b56ccb40e64
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6A 11276 bytes