Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 381798756dbea8c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-08-26 19:23:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ca60996cb8d1a022a2ebbcec3efee8bb SHA-1: 3443bf7a449c0a768b12138f677579f87f968842 SHA-256: 381798756dbea8c1fe7da19b0ee3e704dd2630401a94b86c56cbe4e2bfd5ee36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports the malicious intent, likely to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teachable+meaning+in+telugu PDF link annotation
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/40171355646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210728053132645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79c99ce8d9f939f9bf2807785e71cd1e/bupixomipenoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/50656011362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a976bc1cc48---98649192371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74032117e336b51aec42056a3fbd4e7a/41574401805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disikajabekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/zojufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25421067742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/43010102611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad05333dc3b---bevasebosugejunadod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14401ffedbc9bb2c31e21ac858e6f6e5/nomorugefajodipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/15510424917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.info/userfiles/files/99033573975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/40536201049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizojorewitopikojagafeguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/meqffbc21ocs56v9k3s00djur3/bujikeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/26486471863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cbe6cf86f---dubawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/625119625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa833352e89---xulipoporijuzemedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/18913480217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u746ov4maljk7pik5qufvuavvr/45569219588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detaycopymatbaa.com/userfiles/file/74365257081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merklink.nl/site/data/ws/files/zawazupasunapodubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee09174d43---66527370005.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_off0000c88e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC88E 10492 bytes
SHA-256: bbbb670c77a8707fbb545172004ee1f656e4e98c7ed03789d2c163c2fb9b9d37
font_01_sfnt_off0000e031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE031 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF843 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 58f1067c978b33306b148a839de3f3c9f611e40a6b7395f114e3cc186281846e