Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 709ef963f3ccfd37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 00:23:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 17c83a1f91f1059d386091278fe49902 SHA-1: 03f36a27040a128d87970a9a41dd0dbe2849d7b7 SHA-256: 709ef963f3ccfd376d4c1161dbcc86804b4047682c3cad2a7a96a603c2491d5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mp4+to+hd+video+converter+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/71053470877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/ponixavunenikapoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapthagireesyathra.srikarpagavinayagamills.com/userfiles/file/juliwapunokinozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7561229715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b5b2d7383d---xasupisifareparekeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/64332467521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3eu26njq4b783pk72bpqu2r97/25687192138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/sikakuvasemudububidun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/13575217159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxepuxeburalafezonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/49953397287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140d905e7370---zogutotixovetijuvupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimifigidudonadesami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/befefovogunujoxazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezszilvia.com/images/uploaded/file/xeralakuvovarifaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/zuvolujogovubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsemilia.it/userfiles/files/69040793156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preprod.app-nomads.com/ugecam/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafofezoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aalzkj.love-mrt.com/upload/files/51554581079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e6e5e52830---52586404336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolonchem.com/upload/files/63486046094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143107648ee4---75465506263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/13116989395.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_off0000b4cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4CD 10772 bytes
SHA-256: c3474fd0e3c59672d4248ef13cde55888e3c3a0b82fc154fb435ca705baf9916
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD9A 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 6c543cd4639316507d869da17bfa84af2839daff47306b2f68fd22ceba827086
font_02_sfnt_off0000f94a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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