Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94f3a9377081a1fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 14:10:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aae0100e382ba43e44e13a9ee3ca4f17 SHA-1: 7e4338b5d8b449daeb5c5cbc498ef3936965486d SHA-256: 94f3a9377081a1fa99154417c86da8f25fb9a194bcf5227a13e41ad8b9642d57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests it may be used to exploit vulnerabilities or facilitate the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=a+letter+se+word
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/80026740436.pdf
    • https://togelunited4d.com/contents/files/vulewodatijemubasofe.pdf
    • http://www.kymkarajok.net/tiedostot/files/vogilufo.pdf
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/80886151700.pdf
    • http://pluimveebeurs.com/userfiles/file/12335743703.pdf
    • http://3gr-group.com/ci/userfiles/files/10769879924.pdf
    • http://garankuccu.com/upload/fckimagesfile/73dcb66b3bf62e106b967284f2e23c43.pdf
    • https://demo-calson.garment-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25360141855.pdf
    • https://giaiphapthietke.vn/media/file/files/20249536913.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614162a8bc383---vumuwijajotiluwabujigijuw.pdf
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/89213714770.pdf
    • https://olgunbey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jetokateni.pdf
    • https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/75120242718.pdf
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/9725416459.pdf
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210914054350.pdf
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemizuxode.pdf
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/99019135466.pdf
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/resen.pdf
    • https://sadhankendra.org/erc/media/vipikiminabujovet.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc865de822---38342060458.pdf
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210919_185351.pdf
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/81846874383.pdf
    • https://sadhankendra.org/erc/media/xodunubu.pdf
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ac285c832d5e6fd87c2196ae2d2a8d/gilan.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a448cc9cbb---fitikifogari.pdf
    • http://iwort.de/userfiles/file/gazamutagimadajekafu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b182.bin
777e70cefe921e5bb58849433dfb3a820bd0307dc2beaffa4c23ef200056703e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB182 15428 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8b8.bin
561d6bc9728afbcb0793057e0e07a1245dbe9ac455645c80db12bc78e7831733
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B8 9948 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000eef8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF8 16792 bytes