Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1d3c408f99d504c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-10-13 22:56:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8f2317ac46b2e93f4a1fec72bfcc8b97 SHA-1: a9e21f62578d60e73ffde524947c5916518ebecb SHA-256: d1d3c408f99d504cced24376210fbc8ef50b3b028028bbd8094f47bb36a9f7d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to execute malicious actions or redirect the user. The link farm structure suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage potentially compromised hosting for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88381744555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familie-schiecke.de/images/file/demoloretizazokedalisarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasolution.kr/userfiles/file/rurenonulanuzipomugugofep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovituruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10936122447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/xesolupuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssanesteban.cl/files/77591380581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/gopidepop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navoloki.mebel18.com/uploads/files/41764935938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biafrapol.pl/pliki/file/95573456481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/velixorisonodasogubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/70657696194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/70616965719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7da07a4b87c6483c0d3b41ab06d36156/55282666124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuontoanthang.com/media/file/pumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fe17a24f999d0099211524babe68f03/53431745901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/43929332038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedical-yub.com/uploads/file/mubusix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/jadukovumaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77787579405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03s47d6022rq123g7h5u5kombg/50829816627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifivavefelisuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--q3cceuw0c6ab0d2ii.com/upload_file/files/kijatokezirube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dc83e01734---25937823450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uran-berlin.com/userfiles/file/muved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/HTGXzuRVGb4/uplcv?utm_term=saliva+stays+in+your+mouth+for+6+monthsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE535 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 1465ea4a93787d9d694eac7d4eb240d5a37a9b98810355f3cff22e1bb5edcaab
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001163e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1163E 20208 bytes
SHA-256: 3f45832bfce683b63cc516019d5213daaedcd6468dd0d72001b61a8159e9f2c4