Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de3ff09c69d48f2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 01:44:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8ecc456d67af1568c53988b8bc95e1aa SHA-1: 9aee082d4aa1c469ae6a429607ffdb6505b7d484 SHA-256: de3ff09c69d48f2d381ded054fbaf63772f176b6041ec2708dab0e9875c9a704
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites 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 a primary mechanism for executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=low+mb+movies+download+website PDF link annotation
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5feb058408897abe872eb82230830c87/32230238136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f2h63c2.ip4secure.net/upload/files/daneke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamenticucinesiciliane.it/userfiles/files/56481821402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desarrollostecnologicos.condotiero.com/imagenes/imgeditor/file/38177495629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-ssuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84340951769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvzriu.org/images/file/solikoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushrutproctology.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiladikabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b04465e59---16411664245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90c5e334fe1b7af6611a5288e0e1a825/wibadefedejozewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluorescent-training.com/file/63827007468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilateralmatters.org/userfiles/file/10544559651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sswjeans.com/files/58326443602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92718598651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lechioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/viruzuletavukadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxsasa.org/images_fck/file/1630572747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/2053300424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/vusuzunutuvamuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drakbera.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludakopezamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jevazidedupipidumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23820497809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90522667513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/24964330592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11277784044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwakasofawixawewanubas.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_off0000b43f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB43F 10560 bytes
SHA-256: a6a63601e0c0f5efea2d2a9e71b8bd87a544372060c1cbf5ba59d0df7b999841
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e470.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE470 16512 bytes
SHA-256: 0271986fd90d9c0535611419e83d65f69f822d11eea9d72d770eebcd87656ee4