Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e85e6c5ef623303…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 14:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 8d94415b1a29c1baf120d254d879c29f SHA-1: 5f226075af472169d34247d3011effc5e53fe9cd SHA-256: 3e85e6c5ef623303c39c9509c2a07af7a6e8587f4ee0c1d6e3f80e3631f13290
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely directing users to phishing sites or further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=junji+ito+gyo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/97778725685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/696586445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac79923d88---givejagiteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/48452270988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpharma.in/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20026297822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/xavuzinolarawidanijipuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc1b7d3b8e946a3af3d2b58a41f802a/93725803917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/439952563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantipursecurity.com/userfiles/file/50558040365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77163927739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.omt.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunezuwamiguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613820cbdb466---16781273347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38009041448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/peligodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1b95edbcd---26610662746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/luzitufipavofukigelijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.net/filespath/files/20210916144958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/75847201590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsale.linyn.mobi/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/84349229872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/56339413371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/xopos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scsychem.com/upload/files/50529956931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/58225531994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48747435086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varida-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gironamigif.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_off0000f1d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E7 21464 bytes
SHA-256: 1d4ac1660ddaeceb08b1632a929f9448f210928116c7f77123f3901d68fd2a5c
font_02_sfnt_off000141fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141FE 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 1780cf822cdf8e7ccff2d534cd4a21d113681021dab1f22defa6a7d95a1492e8