Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d84bfdfffd7a1f56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:55:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3e69b59c9b81bdf0a65d376808842de1 SHA-1: 817df3c97ae0f73744686308a500410cb9a3aac3 SHA-256: d84bfdfffd7a1f56acccf5da702b80d08cc0fc4a361a1bb0fe99d4aca9bac02c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious campaign, likely involving redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=transfer+sms+data+from+android+to+android PDF link annotation
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/97318884646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326964028dc---30524169929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coytex.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mexavikunibanizowuzubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cdb8fd884d---96540851014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kientrucqhouse.com/uploads/image/files/jujosotoviraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/nadabuxuzakur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portofcrotone.com/dati/upload/file/remibinarewavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da6b151d23---15594788930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/1942311547613a4a4a4084f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://managhantasala.net/mailuserfiles/file/rawadogabafosibizisala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazeo.nl/userfiles/file/suwukotunifixuzafodidipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/92651506530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10578220422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drkoopman.nl/cmsimages/file/wikuwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukhayurveda.in/userfiles/file/luzizuzadivinevevamokeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jvlegacyhomerepairsmd.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/59061810381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/bavilodugukavaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/32028574507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/nivexuxepovamumarolafigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecpa.fr/uploaded/file/rakilepizizanikubese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f491cacae5---lizuresixazigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/10587543036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelbilet.ru/sites/default/files/file/fuxuxi.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_off0000d6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AA 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 78ecbf158267a68688b9d45b9ff9e0a160464788a2df36c0fd8a6ba20f384cd7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE4A 17528 bytes
SHA-256: c1a9da7a044be150c6e9416bf1b9f76a4802a6c726e3e753cacb4101d0c0fc7c
font_02_sfnt_off00011b64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1