Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bf36c9ad5627335…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:25:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 84a6accfd2a9ecbe88b011544c16ec09 SHA-1: 594c276bf430aec325b19ed2cbeccae6d0a67c33 SHA-256: 3bf36c9ad56273359b218b36c1110d68a5fdc4e9ef83d986c5924d7ff7d49c00
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential for malicious actions beyond simple redirection. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2k19+locker+codes+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/luxorijaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/41043371958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-daily.jp/app/webroot/contents_img/files/duluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///guwejuzituratamavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/62287704877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatopat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/zixavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nawazuwivibutuxiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/7801993439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yushendesign.com/images_fck/file/1631405300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417265ee269---17129690897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinesupplier.cn/data/product/file/2021910_6056_974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lixupeng.com/uploads/files/mufololiwazoxineka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401b1711f7f---43147685505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48462603079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/waxugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmmgsnt2qq2h613jr4mfd95727/9891831985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150001.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210908111236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/toniwavusemutoriwapuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsqnchem.com/upload/files/22314996896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ee38d83a9a---xabizorewalewonebawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biogreeno.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetenapenagabomuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34921129692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/51301006336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/lidiwinubarulolodebi.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_off0000b4a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A4 16244 bytes
SHA-256: c7a0bd28ea6d04b3f07e2176ae25746da1cc43494cc37154cc7b1b60e39432b8
font_01_sfnt_off0000de10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF627 10364 bytes
SHA-256: a33bb4212f05cc76cf36c9cf3fd35e2c8e1ba8337d9e0dc0b66eaf10e1738207