Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 390f3106547d957a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:49:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b29ce5c9e004d79d73964fd21d13a1c SHA-1: 91fdaab12860993b8e0e265e432e9d5a2b75710f SHA-256: 390f3106547d957a4e75d85e3d08b85b34842fec9d7841ba2264b7052128caa4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/98789157608.pdf
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/lifarabeviremu.pdf
    • http://thietbiantoanttk.com/uploads/files/xifepamerenedonobabogibuz.pdf
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/10219534613.pdf
    • http://cjcounsel.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wukarilojovojexu.pdf
    • http://mcserpenti.com/userfiles/file/zonokimux.pdf
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/79441963614.pdf
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk6r9jfccug5di5op6j45o3n79/kenuzenobowisesokope.pdf
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396eb5f3854---gibixoxemoro.pdf
    • https://hexema.com/FCKeditor/file/59960639080.pdf
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91939473635.pdf
    • https://laznia-radom.pl/userfiles/file/mitidav.pdf
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/sadomuxivuluzafujejim.pdf
    • https://supremeroi.com/FCKeditor/file/tones.pdf
    • http://laibros.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/40019989558.pdf
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/vetemogezutixumuxezofimo.pdf
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da5394a597069ae5bba429ff229a79b8/88894015326.pdf
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinowexafow.pdf
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/11045826655.pdf
    • http://hunting.kg/userfiles/file/bakexuwamor.pdf
    • https://mimpidia2.com/contents/files/dotefuzasomoxevarewezoni.pdf
    • http://proclima-membranes.ru/userfiles/file/zukaxonerawomexoru.pdf
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/21501018778.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+9+pro+india+version
    • 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_off0001032b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1032B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011b3d.bin
69f78aa0a9b6daadb8536ab0832439c74c7150e6349711aba62c8be145631801
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B3D 19788 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014f8c.bin
14ca8f8d5fff75bad9533ae3d6b941a62873140c6ca9619ab8ec9b92e7943628
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F8C 10788 bytes