Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b908ad18338ab1a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:20:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3dafddd2b000749d272c1ed880dc49df SHA-1: 291266c35158a24bd15869f74ff6f345db5a732b SHA-256: b908ad18338ab1a7c5bf99da4d074d384bd7f6e6c5c8ef07cd758028a901d28c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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=fear+the+walking+dead+season+6+episode+3+free+online PDF link annotation
    • https://inprovitmexico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14826658830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25686937780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxiluzern.ch/khurasan/userfiles/files/raxorutorolugasisewuloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134debe04a34---visenovemomeguzajosareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c5fee0a906---82580605808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/72497304269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/jotozomezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwclayton.com/uploads/files/30333895207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b4c8b84453---jugifirivovegesukanutorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polenes.cl/userfiles/file/65835618559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ca69d1859---tixanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/55710567295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://health-bridge.in/upload/file/18230041054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pacautomarketing.com/file/48910090322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/83625128094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37151341515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/dalapaduvilosobaviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/98977180753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyuchina.com/upload/files/19747072064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71213905631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/82987345755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/63601996513.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_off0000dd36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54D 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 93707a6990316f20ef0a826f86f89eb752db30986a89b6b7049a6f74336adee5
font_02_sfnt_off00010f8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8D 19748 bytes
SHA-256: 1fa954609fa6c7bca02d1e54b7406f66d80d6503c9b4b1f3c40dab2860d75cb4