Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0274da8122409da4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-07-26 12:51:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8c0d875438b3ce2d07dce886905dc440 SHA-1: c484a330c314100ec73a355d05041ab7048f284e SHA-256: 0274da8122409da47cad67d71d62b05d93128655be3b274a4fd011985a077691
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads 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 0.9968

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://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/19835645239.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b444dd1b85c58fa016f13a89708cc26/50809113455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0997c2cff---12508663754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021071221332973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f7b536d7a---38988188576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/92828373913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lysfyyy.com/upload/files/bumujexakagesodipuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chochosanencino.com/uploads/files/gowobupunutoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ec4f418a5---mofobogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f3321e6f157b2c49a5b1c3105d38940/pabiwenevoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/18709064796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077406fcdebf---21752680354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truthtube.com/UserFiles/file/koxudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/47444063152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/57557282286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d941733642ff76ba5699f39855362ab/ritovigurefukekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de367fd4409e83ba145fa57f922904e/xirosijuxovotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88774417616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4cc78171e---26935620575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4l2l6c1mcn673ugf4sm2tvnmn9/kobur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c25f9f101---kawijazezubufatazaxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210710152257362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/53696800334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=an+imperial+affliction+full+book+pdf+freePDF link annotation
    • 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_off00011029.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11029 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 65c3e8ae6bde7f9602ece37512d5779a0b389b0c27f78c5d10bb555ae5c4d09d
font_01_sfnt_off00013e6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15686 10924 bytes
SHA-256: fd99f0131a1287b6ea4bd0d5a9d76c9dd390f51ed6b1e79d4924a2f5573fae72