Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91faa2305102b845…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-10-05 12:23:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 71a60da21d7b2f1a6175b9636ac7b0b3 SHA-1: 451ac4a5e2008dad33eec969a449358c5b94f08d SHA-256: 91faa2305102b845afa0cbd4dfbb52253b33f5222980f122017e754bda339dc1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+class+6+science+chapter+7+question+answer PDF link annotation
    • http://ativn.com/upload/file/2564386829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/62260585975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/36803801652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.algeos.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87654031607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/files/vizunenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/44364531859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biserica-izvorul-tamaduirii.ro/files/poxeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2814872209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2ibb15oriou6j793rln2nu705/69470962633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhongzing.com/uploads/files/202109150722297119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poaglasses.com/uploads/files/202109141245495794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phu-komplex.pl/pliki/file/nebedosokata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f65906a8e8---96600831561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615134b22dacd---14021892366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/gupovoluta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/lupujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.net/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/jujusiganaxodudurakunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r.su/uploadfiles/file/2021100421143273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/3835639148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/70461855120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210909_033407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615b7edf8e331---48913324259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/70907011032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakamuzejs.riga.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79411194975.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_off0000f71e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF71E 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 3399e48e5138a92ccbff782a808110256978a46bf142da700169b24d5319eb28
font_01_sfnt_off000110ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AE 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 309b87d8774423b59422b6b9ffaea73f3cad8a392a2040ef843ad3588e89427f
font_02_sfnt_off00013e52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1