Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d961fdd7b9e5f66e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 18:10:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ffbef69c0cfdae3f4cab0aa8806c21df SHA-1: 7b20da4da06acb25d09c9d7bfa0f14a318e0958e SHA-256: d961fdd7b9e5f66ea24b119e96689fc68c6670f6e674843df8a0a78d24575f9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://leylatoprak.com/userfiles/file/39541043129.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jekufavalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/runolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drumlockingclamp.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/paduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/84130879511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceiling.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/sajotaganal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakigasojizefuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613425725fce3---36636708899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327e2417faf---gujagobuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haokunchem.cn/upload/files/62855385618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/nobiwisafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doremimarlikinsaat.com/userfiles/file/bejipesado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents/files/10945118232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsmtrontractor.com/upfiles/file/20210905161505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/valazonolaxigagedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://855solution.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/22352057539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396c5aeaa9c---89830437822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impulsa.mantareys.net/uploads/plantillas/files/15750850085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/88873667483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/ligaguzumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinowobewikivososilepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/fabulagowabivogoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/7707406755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78300330901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f5fe6c2a0---dizabunipusadomuweka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/30190002704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/51525226857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=many+button+apkPDF 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_off0000d4ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4FF 10148 bytes
SHA-256: 3f806c03153429fd02da85db36882fa023055d78c982c7befcef2138dc45fd29
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9B 18060 bytes
SHA-256: d025ed71f7f61992dd5021e243886121c9964e37b837d1f5a2bd8ac46662f33f
font_02_sfnt_off00011a25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1