Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da3bbf0852e0e179…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 23:23:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 52090fb9659a36cb184f59ebd195e71d SHA-1: 17f8a1fea22a710147a8c2a0f8ca954e8870984d SHA-256: da3bbf0852e0e179aac0e6495059048abc3c2785c3452abc08e9e2028a6595c6
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 websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to dynamically load or redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flip+trickster+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://lawweb.info/mycms/admin/userfiles/file/52751562991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techcessgroups.com/userfiles/file/lalidufitoxiduzodudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gekon.net/userfiles/file/besidekifegelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/93405219258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarcheluzzo.it/userfiles/files/manajikiviwinajemabobova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/66998461949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/jekuxanelolekopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/jiwafezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/21300938648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/48180343106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spirit-legend-enterprises.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/28856844740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00d6957b97dbecba42dd9383ddee9756/64020107644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/litifoxokoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c38ec360a---10548345481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/82836473271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlzljc.com/uploadfile/file///2021090408170755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/jopobafefuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humansharehouse.com/userData/board/file/96158102986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/wedukatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35601125673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagipebagamokidomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/gowegiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stichtingech.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamulunulovomefije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/lixaxatezozizegofomogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613592c044354---vinukebazowisogimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/42157736143.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_off0000dbeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEB 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 4f004566ec916116b18e04b81d2be60e1b34a27c3e99df1b67bd54bf08b08f50
font_01_sfnt_off00010a2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A2B 10212 bytes
SHA-256: 2fead99691a5c64c9f3b321438e805a508dfed7851a7424a5f9bb829a90a2167
font_02_sfnt_off0001213b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1