Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd144efb6b7594d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 22:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3883d66ae2949e223f9ce0a61806f396 SHA-1: dd78bce663ee704ed2fb872a617f67c2d444b616 SHA-256: fd144efb6b7594d65b927acdfb6f92364e0ea40231f07cac51f219f164a0f94c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to PDF files hosted on various domains. Several heuristics indicate this is a link farm, with some links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kanji+persona+q PDF link annotation
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tujabuvisavuminiluposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/24053776436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/zazujipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzfcw.com/file/fkimg/file/mowesoxedavepeduvunide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/27628778729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/26421456446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/64449023740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/44996769227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxiwosejiroriraxomewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24093865825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/4919275437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/doniwusadumepigujiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4172652a12aac225cc9ada80e9660e60/91452393079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bivafoxabilepobuxobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec99fcb76436f0cc56a155f527cb0c97/4950787000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/75927759138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebadozevusazoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053581ee3f4904ccf2a9f9617b81e53a/25008504533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nato-denkmal.de/uploads/file/22904673224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a008ab376e53a03fda379f1b906a6bb3/sokeperenejobuwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkanyhajo.hu/files/file/10027663160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kipebifusivosofabakeniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/suguvuposedujewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130966804bff---zabawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/3695173082.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_off0000f7fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FD 18164 bytes
SHA-256: ddb94254a1239c7f11d1c54a50622d31e8c170fe0da57e51779790773e78ff6b
font_01_sfnt_off0001270b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1270B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F22 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 435293f920776332ae13f7283214fffa47a68487e55eb7b127d5a02a2ac7e63f