Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d11f54036d1c88f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 357419f36e437f13c7049eb6d5adccb7 SHA-1: 6c8761c8c242d1af75b6c68d3baa8c31972434bf SHA-256: d11f54036d1c88f59d41b1a730016342a5c07281434054d91409837983a0ccea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript stream, combined with the link farm, suggests an intent to redirect the user to malicious content. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=red+eye+infection PDF link annotation
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/jugesake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents/files/42986593467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.beverburcht.nl/upload/files/96157570865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a34073554da3fc8a63fd782ef200169f/72340259803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210918_063007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/28191597383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yigang-lin.com/uploads/files/202109090716382034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenglobepms.com/uploads/xetirotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.artefuoricentro.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zalezenavuwuvegomarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138283705d89---wuniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/wegozibibolebiliwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/dilobipobowimofitefafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9b2cab610e0a55aea92ed983d538c54/rozisufeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygiftltd.com/userfiles/file/zasebusasatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/2109090851173968137dvu3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417be666d27---bafove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copyjokertw.aw6.tw/uploadfile/qu4_qu106_com/files/bopafigadozajekewomogovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/202191117447839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150007.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210914113028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/52114719937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81488392871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh5pl15ss83ttvruj27v3dtiu3/94623597502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topconta.ro/userfiles/file/xagupatagoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phr4u.com/files/dotonozaxetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affordans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84218941711.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_off0001a23c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A23C 20048 bytes
SHA-256: 5a39a1f79deec35a0746b327b235053d8695324fd125994a20fa9ba72b2eeda9
font_01_sfnt_off0001d6fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D6FB 10152 bytes
SHA-256: 6f40dbcdc5a4562f02a4c9d82736e19be7e251931b1137be3cfff5acca61ba46
font_02_sfnt_off0001edd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EDD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1