Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0896baa496adc063…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: aadc44c1f2069467c8bd9978f975fd63 SHA-1: 9041822d6e9f63218b3f810247da4d3b7fc7da01 SHA-256: 0896baa496adc06394020a6ace6b7b47e89c96c99d9d2ff2246c3ab0daf0c785
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript further suggests potential for malicious activity, such as exploiting vulnerabilities or initiating further downloads. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=keyboard+suggestion+android PDF link annotation
    • https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/41199314547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partetesal.ir/data/file/sosadojurajudibuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/nebarenulejakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoka-saarlouis.de/userfiles/file/figosinigojukazuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96615462150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/lupedudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergeisurzhin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69342600480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radis-rrl.ru/userfiles/image/75746313669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicalproduct.hu/images/files/20588186271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614439cc6b53f---24450035950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amigo-shop.105h.net/upload/files/kopagedajubebopap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezojowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://negaratoto.com/contents/files/rizeverozulekuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec71be183e---48960053400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/kepobatebefor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/jolufiwazavaxerepagogup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/33470734186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/sokezebilulunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.netlovestories.com/upload/files/gofenebelatewut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/996104094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prctech-th.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwawozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/davosoledatiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613683370d924---wugukesolozenanalavax.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_off0000dc67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC67 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 4df2b3141f293bb7a1d61ee37fbf8cccaa4d93a8089b603ec246253877f9aac7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F7 17164 bytes
SHA-256: e5c3fdf116226ec6f2692e9ccb15b2712d580ff243695b9a06228ff74274e369
font_02_sfnt_off000121b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1