Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a5e924aace489bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:11:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 70c12d088095f92b7898d5532a8c5ba0 SHA-1: 9d2f25d905dc05fa61d74974400a1d8c67493456 SHA-256: 3a5e924aace489bf7512181e830edb1431c1f64dfa5dd300852d337fac59be75
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=which+processor+used+in+redmi+note+9 PDF link annotation
    • http://xn----otbbfbbknchz.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/wixifilegore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/vukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fediwuzegerib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5703n1n6999-6a55.com/contents/files/80644726784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/kegagutobanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16137030d9f3f3---70791682698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hw-power.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/6139388b6976b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e3def67582---nekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/pipowokibiwemabopimojata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.thamtuddt.com/uploads/image/files/10865950741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamwalibais.com/userfiles/file/50557203910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaunas.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/kowomobirelizugamujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/walafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snieznik.pl/userfiles/file/39711530956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614503eadd3c7---47129235458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98407371369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eva.am/files/718bfdb4e8dfc6fa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fainitelecommunication.com/public/editorfiles/file/fezesadopexibixanelaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jck.ro/userfiles/file/83598368330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/xutoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/tugixizewajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210916051724818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43050229675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/sudoturegokamepajese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortvillairene.it/userfiles/files/leburufapejojujigazebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55180489531.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_off0000fe85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE85 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 7280fabf86bc973169fed87d15275fa65e70a28cf76514e29bf3ac97377f2166
font_01_sfnt_off0001175d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175D 19620 bytes
SHA-256: c72c268148d3345e49889f5d48bdb5632efd91d36aeb6869ca93efe0febdbeb6
font_02_sfnt_off00014b16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1