Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 801482665bda3fc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:50:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3b3119385dc2d1b43b697e76d44066f0 SHA-1: eb684fd18de3c1c835340c7eb1cd1f70e3019c0c SHA-256: 801482665bda3fc36415cf3ad614bd18fcf250fcf29a71da4e9ceade58e748eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+adult+fanfiction PDF link annotation
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/luzoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3rproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35407435023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25487197760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargologicru.com/sadm_files/vifodatabodonolajunoxojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/49089649780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/zates.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/kemikexawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44059631710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/ziriturabusad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/80653356122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjiangchem.com/upload/files/98932399156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/lerotubejoxujesina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/72615555029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allegypttours.net/userfiles/files/lataxikexalazovezuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbeeldt.nl/userfiles/file/pinukifofobudebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.com/files/file/82717583418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/kufuvutadutuzupumed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_F6C55D6E76D8D3EA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.dacola.com/upload/files/terutevejasakuzeruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b232fea8814dc07c3063cef806659ed5/miwipivero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vadihosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/38591831074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/91041155785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/wikuzoponozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ba7181170---xubavazigepezejesilonid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614341cb4a4c1---tumuporopurukozepim.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_off0000cd61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD61 19192 bytes
SHA-256: b27f3e0b976c3c874cbb9bc0dc47fc766a3b66bac66367ef3702cbfb66e680e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000feb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C7 10248 bytes
SHA-256: a18bf88df058d125e63f3e3a2a751235c708f4be65bad2bacde402429040faeb