Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1e611ffb2c1a230…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:25:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e45a9e6da82f79e385907aabbb9a24f3 SHA-1: 654822c31e1c9f306ab4a143724dac2d2a913c8b SHA-256: d1e611ffb2c1a2301c3fab0d86e5224c144c84dc290cbe02efa00db0db2f8c49
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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=outliers+chapter+2+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90026910561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/15816780681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/wojugafera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16596376068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/56858911288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantacyhandicraft.com/userfiles/file/65672943365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458d2b7fb9b---64352538648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/mopomufarugowafozuwutuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serenetour.com/image/upload/File/dedisetodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614656650e894---57840995285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozlovka.mebel18.com/uploads/files/52811256327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horkolas-gatlas.hu/ufiles/file/45260009910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesht.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3653641723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/53239712011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/72434797919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/wodoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhappyhouse.com/upload/files/tiwidakumujikigaxotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/52771391830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202109041150563404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/163133092799774002616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ist-lb1.istanajp.com/contents/files/fodajazeparo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144d0fce58cb---10933337737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.eu/userfiles/file/sejikukonavurixujoref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75e19fd1b682e5246ffe91f339c48d24/sunajutawuwiwopibewamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bimbrlata.cz/UserFiles/File/30323969287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renknh.com/ckupload/files/28400493749.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_off000111da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000129f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F1 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 5fb78d189b249075568a37910dadd18a9f5fffd1d0617181751c15bf23959b4b
font_02_sfnt_off000142e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142E1 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 04bb9b11799a8c15c1a73fbeda9f0b905888130935de16843f4d6e3c59c93064

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