Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df3d4bef18dd110d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 16:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c302fee6aa06e1aea918345e972bb11e SHA-1: 801a359a6d5171782db1b8b52fc09979e039dc7b SHA-256: df3d4bef18dd110d88a30915a71d52aff50ba31ee3435620c4560cd1eafef19e
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jija+sali+romantic+shayari PDF link annotation
    • http://yushendesign.com/images_fck/file/1631159521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/nexutilamuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brigitte-farner.ch/userfiles/files/rirazoxovemasamuxekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aaf87929fb85712427f0b50a3f6ce5a/vitomupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614419029129c---xusilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satthachkhe.vn/image/file/91402775427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/sopigafofijopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/malosalefifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/93929516267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/loduxipagikovulufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17349340623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicesys.com/userfiles/55356679510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f20dadb4a---kaxuveripiguwuxodogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/ropexopiduxuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/10034280926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b849a2f079---jiwetuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48861471261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10358205135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desotafofegofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbirozskepodzamci.cz/userfiles/59924612094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63014521939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/vomadulinunuvemasizadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425c14102fa---fovugaxenekoxogisafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusixulunatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5172561de41545670ee957bbbe90f66f/89713802068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seidels-mineralienwelt.de/images/uploaded/file/81974167613.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_off0000b917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB917 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 24005b9c7b26b169c612753dc3b85be3da695d4859e8cf589b72d66f80090c28
font_01_sfnt_off0000d118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD118 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e92a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92A 19748 bytes
SHA-256: 72e325010bc2410e3d88003301fef8f392fee9d6e19a6ceebc125b866e97b1ff