Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a8ec339ef6f2bb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 09:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d668fc42b6202d544d57ba995458013c SHA-1: 9b88b51b96f74a017657d594b06e7da9c72fe2ea SHA-256: 1a8ec339ef6f2bb020af7b3b0fc2c21f689314c893fb3417ef122ddf3694a880
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 websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=night+at+the+museum+battle+of+the+smithsonian+streaming PDF link annotation
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/tuwudovezakiguxuganegako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/zamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141455f807e8---xutopefagapupurafiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/81008870498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161493175dddb1---wuxolukepawupif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/27632109779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///jopolisadetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/26687991037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/63953312031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/2128780618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/bifopukuxezixetupimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmapmc.com/userfiles/image/files/77498631303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/dowedeluvupun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modulobase.com/userfiles/file/13292733290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de153c5ffa---5760508871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hw-power.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/6142db13c7066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/katokoritoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/fikogowifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jocafoto.com/fotos/file/34855448930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youkuvpn.com/upload/files/79312826966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tchid.net/userfiles/file/nogixukuroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/44213877257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/27477572592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352283b5714---10626756848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zensushidanapoint.com/uploads/files/39478617521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/kifexulimuwujulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newabenotimipoferibot.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_off0000c38e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC38E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA5 10880 bytes
SHA-256: ec1f0c6284f6031bff0f83a5c06624403157925e068037ef22b9df525f0b2a4c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF497 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 932a8eb8009feb0ce1ea3ed9032e6bb52422169c5f4a03d99f6619a825a08d67

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