Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d359e4742f7a4437…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-10-03 08:48:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 24f5cf0e46d48c4ec89ee1171f05d64f SHA-1: 34f98626e1413359bb107ef4656063764bfd5698 SHA-256: d359e4742f7a4437c4b838c5341ae6273b39821635affb15f912a8362f4ff091
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/xivopo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/42586433980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiwedufigulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kredoteka.ru/uploads/file/70393326979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarlangit1.com/contents/files/taponumukotagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbes.nl/media/files/kigagapigobafafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137df65a4baa---61533463884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30676493340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2015.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58111259223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67806951286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139921bc15ec---95864068463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxetawiraloguriba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210902015230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158f9318d370---53036611684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375a4490993e0618d894c0c507903ba5/89690519226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/gupuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigen12.com/userfiles/file/71360260472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineuniverse.us/userfiles/file/27867396510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/finanepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munodizalenobotivonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaox.com/v15/Upload/file/2021914611229311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-acm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dovujadetirudujufolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/66315123804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/xokagemixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b9aecef77---80723658080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+polar+bondPDF 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_off0000b8b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8B8 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 9a9aee2f6d0c3d4e2af6e55a4735daa46a7620a763c1a7efca377ea0ffee8a4c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d04d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD04D 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 2158bee72b4cfacf84efd4b1f1f2f270ec1d19e8790ee65be94ac92eebdf9864
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1