Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3481a1191119efc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-10-02 22:17:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6ba68740f78b623413129017d6830508 SHA-1: 41adedf24a1f6b3c8bc15678c2dd73fa21ba92b4 SHA-256: d3481a1191119efc64eadd6ec120343fe50293997a37789a1f9c49d76465af3c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, possibly leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://dinobajka.pl/Upload/file/44545332957.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivetixute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/21332981992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149efdab5662---pebadilijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://araprinter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99889617027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/80809394780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stka.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxubuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italy-ex.com/images/blog/file/luvijolupojuworud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74285494693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marsanz.pl/uploads/fck/file/nibosuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savages.lu/imagesRTE/files/72103134723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab983d6481523142b5c2b204dc42d9e/fogotagozijapemasivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161460e14336d8---jetabejapedebivekapazebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/nijobibunuwulumidatilizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjdfszwy.com/filespath/files/20210904005500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/dizolijodafijajefejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamvickwhitebeck.vn/luutru/files/27833101939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/79853482480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/vorezitedawamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebreaker.at/nomolebavidozi.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/76520915365.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/41925526448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/29973451711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservicIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+going+to+stay+in+spanishPDF 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_off0000b125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB125 10488 bytes
SHA-256: d818a39660c798479ad3b1361c558e84c20e773b5acb7c5d6836db786f8a4ef7
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C6 14880 bytes
SHA-256: ac378697f26a7870b293b2be4b22a0a30cc65cbfd5d9bda3b6cd389bb9485a8e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1