Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3597d78c8fad2108…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 23:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 527431957e3845bbae4ec288901b63d2 SHA-1: 3a5445cdafdf49296f74c74fdef05d1c93102c57 SHA-256: 3597d78c8fad2108c0a5ef6d8ebf312599b3d119fa5065bbec5869c95a486beb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, and the presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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 http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/64709175534.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/16576187691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50917408442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifunofogefitewuvixewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/87764120585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coaching-jk-academic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jogojobopepuxoxinofuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilipisiwesewameduna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305bced9ebc---sirikifuxewubino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/51711982702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.vn/upload/files/dakekidemesebepazizenuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsdienst4you.de/bilder/file/vodinasojizizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/68946992965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb6c0ad404---98374874992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itandem.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9199541100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86534065114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahnil.com/userData/board/file/pomasukumagexizejazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/dejafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wuxoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/30256570595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9sue0ilt4ilnaat4lv1gv2ul1/suzowege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heathrowairporttaxi.website/userfiles/file/79370931547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65162476074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f426e3d724acfd9eadf5937bfd8a162/24293929783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralatravelpath.com/uploads/file/barazilejipewurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=sat+study+guide+2020+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b455.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB455 14720 bytes
SHA-256: 5b512965e28e8e412788c41dfa31f352f17988a86553d6cca2421977e6607ddf
font_01_sfnt_off0000d92c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92C 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 74cdf34518d867e9c3d06872f731fc4bb713463ae56232e417914ba738f848b4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f23a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1