Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd06846170e2c1b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 22:15:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a4e96dd1cc99e9547f01aa4a9378f2b0 SHA-1: 7a4ca09eb7e1dc79d5ae07f2a7270318ea3cfd3e SHA-256: bd06846170e2c1b3c31f1b4319f6201d31319febd7abe0506e1767e62928983e
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 identified as part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript may be used to obfuscate the redirection or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=photomath+plus+apk+free+download+ios PDF link annotation
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58380368317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zifu-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/zadeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokaxelazifeluviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18749571329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/vogusurakesopajasaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiruwipevijadonaxuburabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86d98c07c11c253a76df3c9e0e388ac9/70784735594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salocchi.it/userfiles/files/18075971198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130317e490f7---26214259362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/73534501326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210923154958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bijerupapoligowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210923032523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/14753489061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd58f8779e---kerasitazinokawolezunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/95720245772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ocean-ex.com/images/blog/file/53077452977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/18250590002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/seset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/32408154330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/pizomukubatajeleles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/desivomewade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143da23620a3---91772237037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b905f5dd56---zedivolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangguanhardware.com/userfiles/file/votigabevoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e09c75e7f---56361237179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digireg.at/upload/83577028082.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_off0000b639.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB639 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 2d6027c1eb1c5af8cc738088504b0fab155eb5e085fe4ca029ad160e622981d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFCA 15132 bytes
SHA-256: 3dfb617aa55404b4740edbb864e04dca0059fd852ad2741ea08ed82111456408
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1