Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d61c698315ae99a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:49:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 975d5b2a9fa33e9ac4e1089425cf6d42 SHA-1: 5ec492cd3f918682cf7d0176f249e2977b3904ba SHA-256: d61c698315ae99a38fcd9dafac64da6d0ab51f41dc3a36e877ab1d79b9b6653a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brand+equity+definition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://clearspace-design.com/CKEdit/upload/files/6295714114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///felugisejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/fozeridiwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/decfho33aolfacrve54ih0msv6/didilowefadotebetezefewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/46799078333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0c356ac8d---begezagefozebigixaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52719a2ee7a2049a536ec25702f47853/ronixulivosemubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sijujaliwokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/wukupodaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agt.es/files/galeria2/files/figelowarawojumomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471dc0dbd512ee0e1a5a88dc5482eb40/fofebalodilaxudibepozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7e1f72ae5---kipefinezukulanumuxuvena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/motodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/80120475531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a5fb7cb47---xuvolozisuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiuman-hk.com/images/file/64565326228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://margheritango.it/userfiles/file/66428667268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csocqda4rgjiiahdtqrc3a1mu4/poxogebelatuzatufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/15904993413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents/files/41500475172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/gatiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d18b09cfd---95967088711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa0309e7cad---gujok.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_off0000de28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE28 19592 bytes
SHA-256: ee6915717a50460b6fe07421755cb5f3c7c28f27abba846f0afac8ce50fd2297
font_01_sfnt_off00010fd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD7 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 54f5ba3e1da7d2495617a5ee352a6c22eab5f902ba0e84a6aa9d4335ba4dd568
font_02_sfnt_off00012845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12845 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1