Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 658a3860a59aa1ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:04:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1a3ca16273fd9860084b8f0acf76546e SHA-1: 36fbfdaac6312b9337707001cf8990ab99fd93ac SHA-256: 658a3860a59aa1ad2b17311e8ca24a4bcf50dc58527107c804598473a39d864a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous links on distinct hosts, often with UTM parameters, which is a common tactic for SEO poisoning or phishing lures. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/66107837313.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/13880825180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/17733918696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/ridikulirokexaxorimobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przystaneknida.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/91264180502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungototuanphat.com/img-tvdl/files/43371715100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petupubixixawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventaipei.com/upload/files/74392125481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lodoshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fudige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/gapufezenexipepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sino-web.net/filespath/files/20210904113348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/22972628413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/fewarubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8ah69pjo100nve3nc36nuhl1i/feliwutemibilamufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unifor975.ca/userfiles/file/73082878650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1eeec0674dc9f6e3cd5df82b2aa7ecc/28023024644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brincandoeaprendendo.com/fotosempresa/files/rinomoporabuwisagutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-business.ru/uploads/file/zupamujapotajominokowuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/32611404902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didatewewojunewater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/14733996281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7656f0f0b94ebf1009f0f75d1f46c8b/tatijemitogamekutudoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunutozepesagumitok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/lexuwuxezimoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/xofusijisusefufuwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perila-vrn.ru/userfiles/file/tatizusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=hack+map+mlbbPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B9 9944 bytes
SHA-256: 5be25cdd750109d9df3ccb425e703cb95cb9c5ad6693f240cb404b9b4320e9d6
font_01_sfnt_off0000de6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF680 16684 bytes
SHA-256: da12bb3a90239cc836e311ff913c083d38b32835c959c63c4575e5a49243d6f7