Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0870e39a8c99a7e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:47:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 279feec37221e74bd0692f0b13d5a946 SHA-1: 2e242490afa3422bf3fab51c39e74a2f7a08cc55 SHA-256: 0870e39a8c99a7e61ade7d88a0b82d3c1da7951d9a65d535eaff9035835d4db9
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 upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quartet+heiner+muller+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c033c2bffe3e68167fa8756941d11644/83951935137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/18002750229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d20bf3e9a9---semukuvoxuwetarupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61cf52a09d---bivafonoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojabavusukagerez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam2.com/contents/files/17172912740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/nexujapovomigofakuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b7145bd0aa77ed0c50de4aef031e3fb/79169197423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e07657c6700cd93ec12b36c3444c782d/rejarutimelipomarege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majuluniwonafonofogufuruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0814afcc25e18b091c12f829b7789e6/jigekelolirona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/76275380867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/vorala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fululufepipakad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitacasa.it/images/file/46692001540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36929497374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/6203212740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5578879300274fb6c8373c61f42da5be/gewibosivoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/93895477251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/dawulomojitavazesuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e610ab07fe5---55826653028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2954517403437c97b0915911df04aa0b/gulunibevelaluluvulawaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5347580295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/4079088881.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_off0000dffe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFE 19212 bytes
SHA-256: 3e51739a46fe7eebc4926babad1a683d9ae33016b1976d0249556f3f64ec201f
font_01_sfnt_off00011142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12959 10636 bytes
SHA-256: d80136f7278ba0476ce19512bbcb576dcb83016227c96b50dbc85d1e8cc7b254