Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9afff3281cbb8609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 15:21:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: db01ee66b8cbd5471b66647e4e68f3fe SHA-1: 44ac7330d130a3ab91ff448cf968108bbdaa66f9 SHA-256: 9afff3281cbb8609220f26693ab80c32b36466a142d97288d40ce7f89650c676
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or spam. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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=ice+age+1+full+movie+with+english+subtitles+watch+online PDF link annotation
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342812d07fc---9495321790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://style4.allwebeasy.com/userfiles/files/85411703392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.com/uploads/file/26986682069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtakoklbkaqqv44rujkpg3snp5/semulesulokivezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rtm-plus.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48590160659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71247220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozujigudanen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140081c584d3---mupokafituwejatitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pointerboards.com/uploads/admin/files/refufafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tims.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65575493512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbf0317e9ef0172f2f3bab6be668c4e4/nudoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremedriveline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96138053566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/63309984672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ylwlgwadmin.ylwl.cn/upload/files/17153689096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/dogunupubajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/nupovefonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compagniaviaggi.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/89425316317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/67017370071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmode.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/2719346703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386b45a097b---18052850468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nazycakes.com/userfiles/file/xanodanaxesavefozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danhsach.hagigroup.work/data/media/files/pelufesamiz.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_off0000ceb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C7 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 183d0dfe405d1f06c793ed5643f0a936097e8caab3f2f4e587511747ab57d90b
font_02_sfnt_off00010089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10089 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 089a0f91506997180f8976243982158981c678039efdf1de1fb7fee123308592