Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0894e93d1c94a2b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:09:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cdbde157aeab9641769c05909fd47862 SHA-1: 7ec2ebb537451362c5d2cf70d738abf0819d8ee7 SHA-256: 0894e93d1c94a2b0d996f5300a52662fe47adb033eff0253b81254d04cdd5c4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+million+dollar+cheat PDF link annotation
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/72325991917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ecaca22bca---40960087874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/85112366614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/vomewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzexijubupimunonebolajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mibenjamin.com/userfiles/file/vijekiludevaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moraraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/57666514278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/niruxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojebovinaduduvuxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb42dc723e8907334bb406a10a1a875/ganezupijedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/sijetukokaxoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/19897265142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79242642235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zibarajabi.com/cache/fck_files/file/wopopowikodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144d557f1335---58256406630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/gupemifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritran.vn/uploads/news_file/munivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/88261492712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuduravomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.be/Images/file/76318658646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/63777327257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalathena.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51972301052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads/files/202109172201162979.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_off000105f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F1 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 7484682dd5dfd8484249319ce5fb791777c0dd63d6369298dcbe2696ad830ca8
font_01_sfnt_off00011e1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013630.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13630 20212 bytes
SHA-256: 592426886075ccd70a2bf30b718f60ced7357a7e0093e8700aed180a11e19f3f