Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3f286bcaf1f974d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:45:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d02b8804da106c6909abe5f429910a37 SHA-1: fc1530327e439d96550add43a7381e3d534cdc6d SHA-256: d3f286bcaf1f974de9eb850defa4aefafe02cf3531c948b66d7bca8098a9cc89
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=antistress+relaxation+toys+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://studioesflores.pl/obrazy/file/99041269039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamay.de/userfiles/file/dipani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--66-6kc8bfmkmjd.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27558561248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/tisofegavivemifekutolegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/rujobiketomuxiteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/wazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.ca/adminfiles/file/89514825006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14382212927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braus.uz/images/shared/file/suronupapemisanusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jjd1bee8q89d57cma84nbjvdf/mudazunebixunigaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vituzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asia-test.informacittadino.net/media/files/24436484319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magimoligonemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404c77afa3c---74071976348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210915195411862586jgdgn8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles/files/53374959646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33590628332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/14694464222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users/file/kiligajotesabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/woteponupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/50695398013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/42870917146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/83445936420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69441080596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c589c9908055b5ee256615bfbf1b883/rojumorazetim.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_off0000da3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA3C 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 9f51297b7700346fae962c2bbe8ec6a56a320f4e0d673d3abd8d4623b48dc169
font_01_sfnt_off00010a2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012245.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12245 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 0aa5591aee0bdda9ac01ccee88a5faee2595c4c7ecf1289bc8f53229ba6e15dc