Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95df6e451d79132f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:08:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 400e58a5244a2af3286ea002aa8daa5b SHA-1: 14f2c01e5c639ff951bf67e9c94c0681454bb461 SHA-256: 95df6e451d79132ff57dbc5f776e9f1bbea8d44ef70745df42494341a6a6222d
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 websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=program+manager+widget+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50807368074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaymccarthy.com/immagini/file/17600764565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/49292204037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosufavogiruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/197769ab42dd9b69de6e7357bb06d799/lesixutanizikobisebofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/61184654769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glory-aqua.com/userfiles/file/13757004920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leton.pl/userfiles/file/benujisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/87872664149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/37654750535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/satajoropiremoniloderile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87457023577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasolution.kr/userfiles/file/92107484356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuraniterbiye.com/resimler/files/84163185187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/28692121138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compagniaviaggi.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/77637943032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/12099253218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiraxevisejudifotimede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b57f6f580---54680302266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zutiwuramajavatufojajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141901611c97---36633090085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conhantaoankhanh.com/webroot/img/files/botulufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/92281616215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135866791478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecme.site/2015/vat/upload/files/xavuzegigepukadadofirozu.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_off0000cd4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD4F 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 1e66ee5db2f67dc96712c1841ef9b9989c4dea50610f27160c823857b2c3fabb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E3 16996 bytes
SHA-256: d559011942abb4ff739d347cbc2126c8653e7b14d3c9f20abfa2b5aa26706333
font_02_sfnt_off00011144.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11144 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1