Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 361a541b5ec82706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:26:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0da06f4cba62e079486a133cf7f33e5e SHA-1: 2e501ea6c5a6133d4f1616ac98e836845f1948a3 SHA-256: 361a541b5ec8270670fe2735784fd3c051888f129fef0c08db71510ec678dae8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/98645977099.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zhxndl.com/uploadfiles/files/52259733884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oancora.com/ckfinder/files/23387089829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd6d45c73d---45522656772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/3581579381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96092640175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320300611e5---7076691641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fe4f7f4d5---gajiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/puwovorexuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terremeraude.com/userfiles/file/fezujamofejiwatoxeteboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138df378c493---narijufomemixuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhssirimpanam.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31771521239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87445314102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/tumeginijerozafotatova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieeepes-thailand.org/app/webroot/files/files/kexadavigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveondealz.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/74521578358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phone-server.com/userfiles/file/51974403388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajudipowopusodedepalinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodmax.ru/i/files/79265381525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/210910065515545152mblso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/numusumalabedibizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/19945217887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/09-12-00-48-41-17.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://templeton.sk/userfiles/file/89363000642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photopuzzle.net/userData/board/file/15518475966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=good+films+on+firestickPDF 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_off0001129f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1129F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012ab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB6 10608 bytes
SHA-256: b6f3a0dac4994ac06d1d05a2413eb5dc3bc067de895a173762206dae09b7f678
font_02_sfnt_off000142eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142EB 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 16fc1a8225b452c1719ea377c1d585071d650b638a82b87d36a68f6b91cab857