Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d84511bb3d86ce19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-08-04 13:35:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 426b5613549dbb0f9dace30a9b97006f SHA-1: 89da91523c33669e59515377fc55a464ebdfc6d7 SHA-256: d84511bb3d86ce19cfaaae0b5a3adc38c5d1ad2c3b446793cbbb92580d211184
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 to phish or distribute further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or payload download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=11.s%C4%B1n%C4%B1f+fizik+at%C4%B1%C5%9Flar+konu+anlat%C4%B1m%C4%B1+video PDF link annotation
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl9q5k870pmq2qf2ap65ta72a0/34784616776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/sujogezeweter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/87504680654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/refaronenezununesafubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84fd861725989eda767b3c50cd7d6e9e/dilosugivat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/69281797726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojituvavox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c93e1bdb1ded89c08821b020ba594e28/fizobugagukizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03e188844f---demifopinagirimibat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/1670893591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadidoguwofizajalawijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3259f806434093a0dfef0be8119c2d49/ximolexuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegaguvalugarewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8077b9df1d---38156009574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanhaochemical.com/uploads/files/xidetezatolavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/1548670673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91dad55d12---47191869559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a25d65a5be9f38c57695ed8a5bb3afc/52141784061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81m5nb1dmbh67ikv9j02676fn4/33659756646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/36299340829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/97365385062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bc72e94bc43e62cc31fdae93fb9dab7/76406485714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0e04269e0621feef7f46bba14f98179/83080345600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/navamev.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_off0000f55a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF55A 11144 bytes
SHA-256: a57148e4cb4cd4fa751c16b78399276969ed652d681f67369589d3d2157a0968
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE8 20376 bytes
SHA-256: abbaa89d3867094e8628d9c48c0d2a7d6b9d5c813d268f959d67646471c63759
font_02_sfnt_off000141b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1