Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 354a82b09961a263…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 21:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b77f098e49c028ca2acafb596a231ff3 SHA-1: 4d6d03a5070234cbcb19a268ff3e16bc02b01102 SHA-256: 354a82b09961a263c8aecd01c99fbfd6ceea99feb320b173e5f7436e83b74ca8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF is a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, likely as part of a broader phishing campaign.

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gfx+tool+pro+apk+download
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/boguboriruxun.pdf
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu44a28n0h1srpcf31g3usnoal/fozivivej.pdf
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/sexetopuwabap.pdf
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92617014865.pdf
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/56212891428.pdf
    • http://styrexon.cz/userfiles/file/bewoxifobagorekurin.pdf
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/gaposesewonabisu.pdf
    • https://i-intelli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70243134193.pdf
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/noveboburesupazarofe.pdf
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/lepubejipat.pdf
    • http://maychebiengoduykhuong.com/media/ftp/file/bevojonagederomepalu.pdf
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31467204018.pdf
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/jejiburusamimamo.pdf
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/tumeginijerozafotatova.pdf
    • https://officialbacknumber.org/editor_up/48600770991.pdf
    • http://chuanghuilaw.com/filespath/files/20210902203634.pdf
    • http://micruts.org/userfiles/file/5193908735.pdf
    • http://dkind.net/userData/board/file/zivefapevefop.pdf
    • https://nedimgame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/62003480279.pdf
    • http://www.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55520889262.pdf
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ohgdmosopfguoiamule0rc5u7/36893336891.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/4420679436.pdf
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25c6725aceb39990261b50106380ae9f/60710914508.pdf
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/vikudepizibunakezuzadu.pdf
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents/files/fagiganovurivagas.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_off0000dce6.bin
ba4c27bc8deb1f9e3d3673d5a598d8ba023dc4bb3a4bde809134c45a3a320399
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE6 10416 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b0.bin
2116fefefc45bfe0be8d7bb84e91f38ec2fad63ef19a77e87e89535caa698d78
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B0 22588 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f7e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F7E 16792 bytes