Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 395f454ba7db8fae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:47:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d3abecf233e04bc2bf2f374cf5e19c5f SHA-1: 7574ca429ff7136c06e9c27b57478930276e6d34 SHA-256: 395f454ba7db8faea38228f902d430f4a945bd065dc3896cdafd31aff009a932
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous 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 malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emile+zola+au+bonheur+des+dames+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/80756905321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/30128419358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609621882740c---27267267978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1a9gcoq0a2rc7jlqvn5nfv8d0/niwarukexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suthuytinh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/35822604356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/59838917723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210901065336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f49744d203---vidifofusovuwijifufitewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210605004233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/17091273802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5b630a40e0ff43f98092111eec8740/22329939836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/80051520748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/panujopafofomedabule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/77793778863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8937b63e09500337a2654e96338df422/tifenujojowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612be0f21f20b---gabupamugipafewenowixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/13533314548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/zuguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/60194293882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/32726936476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/97335931153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginepofotixamomeganazonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dedbb2f457---43514885642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceb59d86e9623b56f1f23382e951e7dc/67655161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/926dd10010fecf01f79a9e542ab0f0c1/45133139953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f88fb163f---4250901055.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_off00011dc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC3 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 8ba7335011a7256d05581296428ca3be47ed2d9b85270d1945ff1127d3099458
font_01_sfnt_off0001369f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1369F 20712 bytes
SHA-256: 921d847a5c09be8e13d54e800da41e0f90b243f7e8ad52f573008a063a34dfbc
font_02_sfnt_off000169e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1