Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ab0b99f36eb55fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:37:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 12a10e869c4088e254970c6a683a0ca9 SHA-1: abee3d3d2cdb5d5f3e91fdb5689b66b5cbd0f1c1 SHA-256: 1ab0b99f36eb55fde0aee1cf0ff6fb0c712e0a970cbc432df963e25d074c68a2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=amazon+latest+version+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62862363962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/77795412425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasleemdubai.com/userfiles/files/petiwejawatenifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yusungchart.com/userData/board/file/kisimiladuxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harrodsrentacar.com/public_html/userfiles/file/devekiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/78642923787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210903_115721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mapect.com/upload/fckeditor/file/28041248197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eeb5ac787e---dakiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131348fb3916---49602557213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oasis-travel.ro/files/lofinufinodojesifebulivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geziduvatabipakorozivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/94747558541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613421730d738---xajobakowosewinizivonetil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/99993983605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9114ad92e5bf86e70ebe6b8aaff0bd2c/gutevidalifukomipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jpt.mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/naferekejelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b8fe2abf6---4086201096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windfreeklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/3398760104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/54681829214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradzo-ep.com/uploads/files/lawisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jasz-pap.hu/UserFiles/file/16831171053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/direzekepubudiwixenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a9d0587fd---99583035869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91508625201.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_off0000e7b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B4 20496 bytes
SHA-256: ac03f0474d945e66fb86afcb0783a71ec540a1a6c6e50e3b5ab933e7d295fbc3
font_01_sfnt_off00011d5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5A 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 55401dbc58160651496eafc6d0712d549f134aa85d3f0bcc965dec272c4b01c7
font_02_sfnt_off00013679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13679 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1