Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11259a18bc14a831…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:08:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: be53ae784aafdc2a1c5ccb10fe432a83 SHA-1: 41536f89542ef0b5695c510f5eacea174d9bc788 SHA-256: 11259a18bc14a831f92c81c04c51a3ef883808ecdeee57189dbfc314571435b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious payload disguised as a PDF viewer. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation for client execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+viewer+download+pc
    • http://casadiriposomarsala.it/userfiles/files/12645897785.pdf
    • http://unibeauty.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzuwarufobelagukidug.pdf
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73568739789.pdf
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/bumewoginujafadilowe.pdf
    • http://koreaticketland.com/userfile/file/73635469939.pdf
    • http://fuhua.tumujike.com/assets/upload/files/202109080125239820.pdf
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143aee70e319---zoximebedulisofatubo.pdf
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210903183445.pdf
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwepafezimufedorani.pdf
    • http://ipmarketing.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/28091971996.pdf
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/pofug.pdf
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/85781519169.pdf
    • http://dar-tom.pl/userfiles/file/75540710580.pdf
    • http://henskeschildersbedrijf.nl/upload/97498991758.pdf
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/mefexejefizegitunukubotom.pdf
    • http://kursverwaltung.fit-n-essen.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1128053911.pdf
    • http://www.heatandgas.com/EditorImages/file/zikoxonav.pdf
    • http://www.seminariomenorvalencia.com/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekajasebigitekukisono.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454981c0dc7---rivajer.pdf
    • http://star-transform-moscow.ru/uimg/files/78040288525.pdf
    • http://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///numum.pdf
    • http://musicincw.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/76094899561.pdf
    • http://swhos.com/upload/files/31372633613.pdf
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51e638d8f68e6abbc26831124fe9f49d/26566471263.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_off0000be80.bin
1ce1ae8328cca992ff37c22ba07ae4defa05f5a2f7a3dcd0730aee61a109d574
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE80 16284 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e835.bin
933151b92ae0abe361c30a703a4fc121e10cbd5d1caf399ef24dedf8d4699aff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE835 10500 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001003b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1003B 16792 bytes