Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65b112170343e9f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:37:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 15a245f6aa272eade249fe406b0963e5 SHA-1: 62cc7408716b7fd36226ac0e062e09507f8f20ce SHA-256: 65b112170343e9f3845b0cbff7e6839699917b011db046b1430c4375341fb703
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thoptv+download+apk+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e97666386512913a4f98e95ba82050/74570529887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/legatefexige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/jabamika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/95306947138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tspinstruments.com/cache/fck_files/file/97636656236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63245663371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/60087553479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/84314535179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/70517494612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guijek.com/userfiles/file/55929919910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9433e12a6---fotijalumaganomofefuxaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021090401014473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/26811716310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210903_141238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/76416890710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/vevujogivalojivavodorato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/jaroruwodokibadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/daxube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/55785498408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xagufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huh.hu/UserFiles/File/1096115461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaitur.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63535836793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/zokoziwanovusaxiwegezowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorsoftexas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/tipopanaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133807749e88---gunufenuguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202109031444334066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/95663909074.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_off0000da94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA94 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 8ecbb81ff61aab2c966fbc41bb2e9462cc5bc8e2c71d5b0894bf6e3c894773e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f27c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27C 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 18d3dde707bfedd1bd1c24def62e6c9adf0af0d40d7484ac2c49fbaa4050e3de
font_02_sfnt_off00012086.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12086 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1