Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2635d852887a116…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:17:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 028c37526108dbb3667bbb4b24921684 SHA-1: 9de69e430dc01480d715c3923ce1ba74cf52bdd6 SHA-256: b2635d852887a1168bf0767e9eb6377cd0def8cec59e95dd0ef97353da1b1288
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+emulator+free+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/nonudipodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--psg-9lac.hu/files/files/75997101345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b9ef7a0e9---xuwuwama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143d576a8c30---89462636273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/jiwimewiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmavidiyar.com/public/content-images/files/1611371598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://architektor.ru/uploads/file/12877405248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/54009816805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150001.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210901075316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/86419803400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venusnvs.com/userfiles/file/66400908490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/71704188718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/30344387793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/28491082491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/88052624354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f34361ef6d---44514171741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b797aafe240e3a3d121ef1d875853a2b/dufonezekatejuwivepama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtjxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210912123238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppfi-online.com/userfiles/file/fupugadoladilatajifexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bp8pg2qic3cedhi24vsoj9v39d/19957204071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/bubamazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/49435229723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mppoa.cloudlinesystems.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6206665665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top-rubber.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/98597274855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafukixafasuzufebemam.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_off0000c618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC618 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE2F 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 236f101e7f3a67a12db65ed7ce8948c5e4c3bf59d0b0a4463a65e84127a31828
font_02_sfnt_off0000f75d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75D 17216 bytes
SHA-256: f86c45c38740c86e05f0f2baae737ff51d9fedbbfa0a6eb69a87a13ea269427e