Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b136fd3b941c053a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 14:31:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 02caec8d713bd4b48c8643519a626a4c SHA-1: b0b67fd23574254aa1926144907bbf6d58a253e5 SHA-256: b136fd3b941c053accf68eee31e9ce621bd52217ee163cc2e5f06844d026af95
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable or potentially compromised hosting, indicates a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support this assessment, suggesting the PDF is designed to exploit users through phishing or by serving malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=goodman+%26+gilman%27s+the+pharmacological+basis+of+therapeutics+12th+edition PDF link annotation
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/pekizafekaxixuratagokutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skl.deindrukdemo.nl/upload/files/zesogama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yujinpharma.com/upload/files/kegijonufuwukipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wotfiles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30978386351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/96834586282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/lazejinisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613451ae8df11---wamupogirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l79v6rgea6rf58nh4b8esvok3r/60501172904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/putajutatokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/mifimolobumodadozugot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/53001380584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/votofamujoguvijonakatutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/57692036513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents/files/bezujigexazojorazugutenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archbot.pl/files/file/guworomusefibeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/sixomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaccugiare24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/badulanidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/70932275585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmangroupllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabelefoxiwedokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/69543074166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71524051801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hebrewforreadingcomprehension.com/content/ziwovokedezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/sapesewedigufevemuvexovo.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_off00010a82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A82 18304 bytes
SHA-256: 3b72ae46daf4725a2012c22529c46cd718524b0398c816f443b1bde880c70d63
font_01_sfnt_off00013a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A38 9804 bytes
SHA-256: 4919b8c37252166c6ac74f4cfd0e8ed6422af7ee8aba25b317ffa8aeda71028d
font_02_sfnt_off00014f9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1