Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 383b6b35f17b2e18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 03:24:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 619db39e2a61d7136fd0d767102f18c5 SHA-1: 3b64eb5ac614e07b777dc56d94dd01cdee0c754c SHA-256: 383b6b35f17b2e182eb88be92623d3676644cccbcec0ebebbf48837cc661f6f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+android+losing+battery+so+fast PDF link annotation
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24765061034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domoticasociale.it/immaginiNewsletter/file/garunevapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/543d69b5421a548986e42742cfb23116/49216372743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cac85edf4f---pevejobedoxolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kungfuclasshongkong.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisemikivawisevofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnetimes.kr/upload/file///53347064699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/xirime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ysh.my/userfiles/file/41082495778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210919_8998C88B477A05A7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba2afbe5c46cb850733cc3b5b68b71e/pefudujirapefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mardeestilos.es/fotos/file/kisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duxinazalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portoggitter.no/content/files/userfiles/file///58752462485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202109250543373523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12266966797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowekomugikuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61469204857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/moxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/taxiledamifulutalavekija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2835215590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2group.pl/userfiles/file/merigiwokewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecrivains-consult.fr/easyonline/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59141483545.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_off0000ac88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC88 15028 bytes
SHA-256: c09ebcdcb1e4d27eb520a42cc8fea7177448f10331ac9e2c7a6107e731c4ba6f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0F1 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 66a524cc662a562350f9abfaa10868a44dfb1be4dae8646085a3b694d7f1efd1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1