Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 371d29e37e00e277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:55:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b2faed98f5f2e79b89a7ee6c8d9bcbf4 SHA-1: f6b26ee625d5f9880bc56461b873bfeda6c767c5 SHA-256: 371d29e37e00e277a24d0c00e93a677431d30981770fe1162d371a1c0796f061
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sufna+movie+songs+download PDF link annotation
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/xobuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/10261975205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/vopepajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/beverixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360a74b5167---latob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/kixafazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/90262291262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonblainville.com/userfiles/files/safakuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okvin.org/userfiles/file/37781919459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210907014909_vl8vac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsultantrading.ae/userfiles/files/34024489480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/57924065559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b892b424b---44500905035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediagrand.hu/data/editorfile/belenizigawumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613846d2b7dd4---13780343433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43b6c6bqbafimvppvjkfu6p94d/pumetatalabune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumixarinivoregik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufonoliwumitarewudema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenagegroup.vip/userfiles/file/80510380713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsneotek.com/ckupload/files/kiwixoropikutot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airmon.hu/images/files/49422097547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/85721358170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-tsai.com/upload/files/vuwovimebifepilibomafafip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekogard.net/deko/veri/_files/xiduxukoketilizonoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnyten.net/userData/board/file/womezujegitujunujedififa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/84169709186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diliwixoberewedaxazode.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_off0000d813.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD813 17156 bytes
SHA-256: f4239d2efe784ea85ae343953c7a0cda8596a097191be2a03a8796bd28e8add4
font_01_sfnt_off0001047e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047E 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 1c09e6e94543312085aea9f3b8b016295e43d1e05a94adc09dd61c377c40771b
font_02_sfnt_off00011d47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1