Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d66daa9104d9d8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 04:29:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1198b24e0b1576eecc6147cd7b0e10ff SHA-1: 4c7cb3933569b8c87348a959d8b1f37034d26a61 SHA-256: 3d66daa9104d9d8ee47a0a3afd53aa4b3d4418e764a5979f257246c21c77cddc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also includes numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=high+speed+network+book+pdf
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/57221522125.pdf
    • http://gestioniarmatoriali.it/laveg.pdf
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxizuduvekelikugoloje.pdf
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/demelomomuvijojukela.pdf
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/97661455630.pdf
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/31467695176.pdf
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goleduzuniwe.pdf
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/71452298229.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a1aa3e87c---musofumogifebibavafok.pdf
    • http://komodovo.ru/upload_picture/34207308906.pdf
    • https://metagrhyd.com/infopub/pub/file/paxezobosijaju.pdf
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/fenuduzatitoladiginip.pdf
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97440601341.pdf
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18366223939.pdf
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/sujatozubazamozu.pdf
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/tekuwezorikam.pdf
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4f7k8mepftt6dce34qgnostu6/zituvo.pdf
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/jozojidabekojedekadovonax.pdf
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/51334587136.pdf
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e87c162a3e3192b6826e6da68958ef9/57410765166.pdf
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazozitapifezopi.pdf
    • http://ekopaczka.pl/imgbrama/files/belagepozugebatosibigeka.pdf
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/gikavenuwufa.pdf
    • http://maychebiengoduykhuong.com/media/ftp/file/nojexirat.pdf
    • 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_off0000b077.bin
2900d085c0a9bb8f284f5abd29c4b9c50fd8f012f712fe63338fbfa43c8cf820
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB077 16096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d92e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f145.bin
19e4bc0d972423e67492a13c52d09ee238e82340dde75bf35a11ea30879ec81d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF145 10880 bytes