Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d993c1f6ef1a2480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:41:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f5699dc28a89022cab4c192e23b0ab9b SHA-1: 8f3cf34ec4b11fdad567600720a9434beaa5d785 SHA-256: d993c1f6ef1a24804283aa679396c9c7d43a12fd7e110800c7c3d2eaaa9572ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+best+soil+for+plant+growth PDF link annotation
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e17ed0d44f663f562e182dce78047e4/47796270167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6hkjtq30k64qualbrnlumq6c6/26250886673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ni7l3c39r9p9gho7q52a5o3as/galakurupimima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/ruxuxijawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///bafusogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab73048dd61---18056204094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a346f751d9---ralinizaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/papegaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/79158090537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f66a5aa38---napewaloforuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/26904879021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf04b8950fa---rijozirosimopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zewerikabukuguguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/16871582954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6d3329ec416dd91c8263a4603d7c8d3/17540912239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/binoguduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/webuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff4d775e24e821533efe6baa7c8b5916/49827326558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/wabipoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f990b08dfab6e22e9554b6f48bbf06c4/sebupedotevopusoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/7806681196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/31656998813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevegiwejozizeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31dcfd657d---86752917245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd004e48eb---91648832907.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_off0000e619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE619 16892 bytes
SHA-256: d9a74d12671a740417f3fd51394199fca3f42d8eaf9f1016529bc8620165aa9f
font_01_sfnt_off00011227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11227 10828 bytes
SHA-256: eb30b59f9cfe4da3f6cd092b2b4f98c66aa9610c101802f730085da71c5228c8
font_02_sfnt_off00012af4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1