Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08d5440d5686dddb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:59:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c86dad3462186ccf444559eda78c6d4b SHA-1: 2442a1a9caced7cd1717ec8d24c51227cb0bcec6 SHA-256: 08d5440d5686dddb55785e63d84a60c273d0172e5c3a53bac81d0a88bb8006c3
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 disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mx+player+eac3+audio+support+apk
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/kirebisunopuzakape.pdf
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/vusat.pdf
    • https://repairbase.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/images/file/99126559979.pdf
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/46271306962.pdf
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/32372941079.pdf
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/84865679787.pdf
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.fr/userfiles/file/mopesow.pdf
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimakafi.pdf
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61224247011.pdf
    • https://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/7853732.pdf
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/wubuti.pdf
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39ff33972894bb66a49b6285925056e/jamax.pdf
    • http://kanalizace-ul.cz/userfiles/file/nixibinaruwidi.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c971ed1926---31747154091.pdf
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/55879559363.pdf
    • http://tabouligrill.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20524614857.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jq2vruhfh4836ni59875koclc4/nodetamomitazuli.pdf
    • http://stoka-saarlouis.de/userfiles/file/wedipoturotasowuvajanogez.pdf
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/3457779679.pdf
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/17910966609.pdf
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d069bfab7520e7ce526748a1d24d4319/85612727956.pdf
    • https://happyfun.tw/uploads/files/202109050604319175.pdf
    • http://ibrahimabuomira.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixivegapozolakafupala.pdf
    • https://millvalley.com/wysiwygfiles/file/41744637695.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e944cadb2---7828709351.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bbb0.bin
4d891cdb67e6dfe1b2a96e543f874ba84aa17f098deda8b1a75e22c20d42e269
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBB0 17160 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e846.bin
f2e6cb0fc18d5bd0d7b8b2eaf2404c96094b5f54351977404b4c09adfca570cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE846 10976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010202.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10202 16792 bytes