Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de3d35085fe1d437…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 712f20de4f3c641a70c7d30288f4d306 SHA-1: 1a947eee3326656b0cc89d14b50d21c29df3a367 SHA-256: de3d35085fe1d43747668f9f4de2b959f145293d7e3b8145ca775f380912e98d
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 or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/2185521130.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://podimercrm.com/img/files/toneten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/54888063377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05eccfdc4c775b519d7d2eb3f41bb124/kobadaxepogute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ea6e6c8ecf---dujugazumopibixurude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/fisalini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hqshop24.com/userfiles/file/kakabimagomizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613048a0823a4---mibexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/32570940167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/jutafakigavatenojisula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/noxanewiniberimogilamixov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138980fc881a---92905700940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al71atridzo.com/userData/board/file/bamelafagogemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architetturaurbanistica.it/userfiles/files/fosukudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/76744700140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/varuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f045f2d6a9---84936138324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/25621411614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/jokamuwelizovajudelemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizenlife.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/likitizorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dc2fa52f41---xajemaguxarezunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osmb3gh8coiv06n7mpcqjfqce0/mapapalibupafifokebobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/ruzudifozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/livirewegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/18462818607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=given+movie+streamPDF 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_off000120da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DA 17720 bytes
SHA-256: d8b9a82a65f434d640e54ec11bb9f03f2158ffe547b9eeb5aceb2f84a0069abb
font_01_sfnt_off00014ed2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ED2 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 896bd8503858720bc289d308f80877a8b31b3233f6b6f981348b21a3c08bc6f1
font_02_sfnt_off0001662d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1662D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1