Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a322d78fdbc2491f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 02:06:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3669040e1353a9ebd623ef3abed7556e SHA-1: d4900eb7f442df5e0cd586a701e00c264ca520d7 SHA-256: a322d78fdbc2491f7ba56292213abc3d79421158eda44c582407f8e5ce7280b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. These links likely lead to phishing or malware distribution sites, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+11+volte+settings PDF link annotation
    • http://discus-rus.ru/upl/file/bilabozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceylanotel.com/firma/files/fomukezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av72-reklama.ru/userfiles/file/16314804430836a198b6174eecf02c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/kipojapevegobidulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6794255589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kim-clark.ru/files/file/topugarapopekokagejuwadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriplan-rs.com/dados/ckfinder/files/rofulepuzekoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espwireless.net/uploads/file/pubowiwibenadufenuten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romuxigejixubovaxijifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/lutiwini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613158c661575---vojigixetosetofusexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/73903815126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/76635048954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/71502328196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/99499969097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7614559362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbbfbbknchz.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/sexemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog/file/38995708247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40d34b879003ff53d89e4851d9014033/4970933656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322d83e2e81---faxipibebawubaxukegodele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/51336377166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/refagudasemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turskazka.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28715169789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badogamalibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vkts.se/userfiles/file/taveja.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_off0000ccf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCF8 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 8b42c8fe4d3e879824b226efed927f01f07affb2c01464215136b16023e70daa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e44e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE44E 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 40241e58e4b13e8be9606b3c2e829de2b90654c3142f9f4bd61cf596263f27e1
font_02_sfnt_off000113cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1