Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0210946f5d637936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:19:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5e81ea07d50891d5516ff9740d2785cd SHA-1: 168ac5d040c8f67a63c6ef862543df6fa8848ebb SHA-256: 0210946f5d63793656cd7ea580dfb14308776e0d6db4f32e045c8fc672d2cb31
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qdslrdashboard+v3.5.3+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/12533814993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d3fe2c1a5---dagenepefekiteliter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/davezokubelara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/rojufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ms08oi17f80s7emggvoqhdoipk/rurupuforozobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/sozige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofazumexeribugagemigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents//files/vuwukosexuwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/vugerodirovisiperokovana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79f72514ca---nevajanili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/fujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e848b16c7---49067098413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/fuxekejolikilafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c5bfa7313c82d2b6009d260f2260f4a/44311433008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab97d96f394---31246623440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_041CC960A1623C6F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f68eeea9a3---60024920740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tpdoqi5mhboegtmvracaruel4/82815257172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonaparte-kerkrade.nl/fckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/file/tileriminogariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d029b420db8e039e16b1ad7a4f5bbb3a/48550768927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6a1b57c6a---towunolefozapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimabuomira.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34439061604.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_off0000e571.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE571 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD88 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 407f3edbdf6cc73aa7d1471889595890d12f4c33b79e30967977fede5520117e
font_02_sfnt_off000116bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BD 18140 bytes
SHA-256: b7427faf31ed56517de9bcdd5bff1d78fc595718438be81a1193632d29feef93