Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da1af67a66f9418c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:08:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 367983465245e1d6473c3cdef122c682 SHA-1: 539649b11e2c5201bbc7f0e897eb59deb22b477e SHA-256: da1af67a66f9418c99875c0a41da10569e629a231a695af89ca6f6148a5c7d34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using these links for SEO manipulation or to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+was+the+first+fashion+magazine
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43278227641.pdf
    • http://marktoby.com/akram/know_news/admin/userfiles/file/94855046734.pdf
    • https://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53120740291.pdf
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/fotedebomizomani.pdf
    • https://sibiucuratenie.ro/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dogodebetagifex.pdf
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/92718277036.pdf
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/kizemelasamaforajesip.pdf
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/rifopibukabi.pdf
    • http://lysfyyy.com/upload/files/rosepawew.pdf
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/75827463313.pdf
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/29304558576.pdf
    • http://zzps.pl/userfiles/file/12343527309.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f244e3a62942a505eca52fc10cb98461/52864555385.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139544fc9541---29201732123.pdf
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/laronekarinowevusoburu.pdf
    • http://faizleathergloves.com/userfiles/files/ramewif.pdf
    • http://dlastudenta.org/Upload/file/xerapudigenilozaju.pdf
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///nepawanurojilominuro.pdf
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/40344545451.pdf
    • http://bakersfield.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/nubamutoda.pdf
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/55028853806.pdf
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/sajotodozifamogave.pdf
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59526360616.pdf
    • http://flyingkirin.com/uploadfiles/file/032218437765.pdf
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613693208a3df---pexuxeganinirovonupajumu.pdf
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/xedera.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ddbd.bin
91978a8826e141764b6cb7162e1f900dccf5c7d2163dfc424d073135c1cea884
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDBD 17180 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109a5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121bc.bin
72a6f9d8957715713a319dcfccf0e160683b4b9e311aa0f9a14a6d80ea6d8d2f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BC 10752 bytes