Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 376de166413f2624…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:10:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 42a813d72b978e315a71089a1d35f980 SHA-1: 85963ee1f98e550ca60fe813d68df0fa335863f2 SHA-256: 376de166413f2624003f92e39082945a68fa2c9d5893b27495d326c222288b86
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery via these links. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed here, is a common component in such attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=animal+kingdom+biology+notes+pdf
    • https://dineflon.com//files/60331229530.pdf
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/18992397903.pdf
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pusomifupujemesukepitisa.pdf
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/mifujubupipataxukuwa.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0de5d5e1c4ea00c0e5ab684edfaa534/49502504121.pdf
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/jasapinuxuvemimifitimug.pdf
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/75750802898.pdf
    • http://matras-devison.ru/upload/file/gebonovumixunoduzagibemez.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a365cd19f05---1210800378.pdf
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/gitogejetumujalo.pdf
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/zinov.pdf
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/91430714936.pdf
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/50187663949.pdf
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210622190630987846zsc1gk.pdf
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/vigon.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta069e4gkiebqfmff1itlaapn0/24359782725.pdf
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/82296523478.pdf
    • http://dotacjedlaoze.pl/userfiles/file/diginetu.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i74plnthl04rpsg2huofco5v53/62574469879.pdf
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70127821052.pdf
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5529fd20fa238046c4530d28685da03/noziwepamararave.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_off0001018a.bin
dc874dcd2fe41f2211cdb48b8a313c8c19add3d6241c162f71a7bd74a0462698
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018A 18340 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013168.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13168 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001497f.bin
0117c484a26fc6781cdc21a4654e64a2b073b06bad44a2e8a2a08dac956264c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1497F 11068 bytes