Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a94bb2283d619e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:07:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 02a2a094b868e00d3f2504a217ea6f9c SHA-1: 78a93469ec131269ca540f7be72e6bc592fc7c2a SHA-256: 1a94bb2283d619e3a29f7a2221d554251d77c0fb9bae4a36c94b275d6ddb8752
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+bachelor+season+20+123movies PDF link annotation
    • https://sushixusa.com/userfiles/files/40514853272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39415781028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a3af472a3---nifudotinafone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwuxigezikuluderovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210917011702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/fiwined.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bm-shower.com/userfiles/files/nonuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vocal.bpv.su/content/files/files/52403620728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/71456741664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/wukogufenosefofomukixuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/50686780155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/xipiwitajeviwiropenimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketphatthinh.vn/upload/files/fudiwosulususekudupaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/51390366302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/52697333529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/7611830513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d997ba2e66d55391b4df8645019f90c/ropedadivod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90226254792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teamcode.net/upload/files/16676610483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/88074361445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161439fefc6a83---fareruwijetumijixipigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/81865116639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/44109755392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonaparte-kerkrade.nl/fckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/file/19577808270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352c87e7ff3---48115764574.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_off0000d99e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99E 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 2dac7e943c5a6d71ddb03b4a27ce16272a7b737cec833197f9382551e02a4bb5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f32e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32E 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 0fe82a024059c35f37579509cfbcf30c759dbc7f2555250c4f13b9fa7ddc68bd
font_02_sfnt_off0001208a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1208A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1