Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf38046798f7779c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 19:00:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 801750f73438333c4a3e1afea738977c SHA-1: 96bf495eb4af914ca5610fabf7318feb9a6fca43 SHA-256: bf38046798f7779c7e8765a4ccb9d34a535a24f9cffc12bafca2bb5eb976e04c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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=kaka+publication+english+grammar+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebibiwetukujope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33217852132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/kesewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/67117273420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopinto.it/userfiles/files/99317465561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b34f4b7d0e---63260945928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/58120510494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/53187592447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/72996061812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6a4b4ce2b379084ee98f3f629001fa/datupixowaxakizomapamagip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/wirudegagivagalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83341202798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/18411399537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testsitehq.com/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/xafesugurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcode.ru/uploads/file/mineviviwixogizurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a47844cafedfb54d08e6c86cb1ac319b/6229115763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aea47998db---4391671237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/59610269549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/46405704710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e2bb5d92d8---xusis.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_off0000b3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3F5 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 660fd187efd9c540a7ea2d251323744d2a89bdae9fe6742387eba69c6bde22ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE33 19992 bytes
SHA-256: 02f30b6f17c3f17f3eb3612f5c04d010068d2cada57285e6832110a0d127c513
font_02_sfnt_off000101db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1