Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e75df4c5ea51f585…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-22 21:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1686ad2930c1961c5d32e5bd38878782 SHA-1: 8d0dc91793e22c2a590c9a2639a1369054359a61 SHA-256: e75df4c5ea51f585760a960353fa2355043bc81ad992549aa78c19670ebffd8e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites 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 likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+phone+as+mouse+for+laptop
    • http://solis.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42608714885.pdf
    • https://franciscovalles.comtraining.cl/userfiles/files/65737153617.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613862df8721c---zitasidi.pdf
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lumafimotupagefojarikudi.pdf
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/ragixekogumijeja.pdf
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/91999115312.pdf
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202109060850386525.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363a68abd53---2112831063.pdf
    • http://bkmarine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1632076642.pdf
    • http://aquitaine.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/449091022.pdf
    • http://tythb.com/uploadfile/files/tamoxapozerujunamozebi.pdf
    • http://anadolumatbaa42.com/genelresimler/file/badapufevepetimofademuwuz.pdf
    • http://evrokomplekt.ru/userfiles/file/vibinutibasuxosoramunabil.pdf
    • http://vinhthuan.com/upload/files/3183861139.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143e4a7b14ae---sizexususal.pdf
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/748380372.pdf
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezefizujotopip.pdf
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/papukuroxapukidagufumefaz.pdf
    • https://webkapper.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenibufatusapubulavi.pdf
    • https://5974293.pasarantogel.com/contents/files/88818574035.pdf
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/236148376.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_off0000dc62.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC62 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f479.bin
d664f4032331a276e465bf04bc9fbe14e3494108abee87afcd20d05133621f2d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF479 10708 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010ce3.bin
57fe499f83f4d0972a839a70fa712949253bc23398cdaaddc873e8aa7c0bf7f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE3 18644 bytes