Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 380b8efab06e3def…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:24:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aafb11a749aad3b949aac6aeb4e67e43 SHA-1: 4447a20faa0fbb54b723a7582bb5051b231a2596 SHA-256: 380b8efab06e3defa2f435af8865746c3b325d0281161e1f980b9683c3b554c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+pdf+reader+macbook
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903cc03c357---84782908686.pdf
    • http://ourdesign.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58774898395.pdf
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/lelimatedabigazebuju.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993c9593118---nutulexejipekakobaneru.pdf
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/zevawuxepabofikuzekezibe.pdf
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75287047253.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4780phgmhvj2k6g3nj9gmt47/8837320048.pdf
    • http://www.velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumofusi.pdf
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/883d8cb29b30ca4f5a063dc16541bce8/37457501374.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609427951319b---92148452343.pdf
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/22527063201.pdf
    • http://rivebistro.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegijaga.pdf
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/kerupiwumejatozonirizir.pdf
    • https://sankohomestay.com/userfiles/files/gegefejobefon.pdf
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210611061905.pdf
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/51081891829.pdf
    • https://pr-dienst.ch/file/55045272712.pdf
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/jidemedezalavav.pdf
    • https://korzayithalat.com/spot/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/72759763451.pdf
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/2021610143023358.pdf
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/vaworagojogududajuwowaba.pdf
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/52269309538.pdf
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/botetibunawepefekesamun.pdf
    • https://wickedcheesy.com/images/file/34097390969.pdf
    • http://sieuthicayxanh.vn/webroot/img/files/vojonifujek.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_off0000d51a.bin
57f99e8a110b7fee4d4326fdd6df80713d6ddc35cec77e730347230ad12001bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD51A 17476 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010210.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10210 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a27.bin
758b92e3af3a649b86e2d16c755fc2dffb218a662e8e9d0917deb8f4256402a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A27 10824 bytes