Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1af2d67d3187e526…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.1 KB Created: 2021-10-05 06:26:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c853fc132d416ccd49b7ae80ab35786d SHA-1: 62266def89bf2ef788858b6ad105e9c057f85908 SHA-256: 1af2d67d3187e5268659fd334071b76eb321981ddd4c1a721eed6e6af751a8ec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

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=square+root+of+181+simplified PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eb16fe0c7d---29182425241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/2905027244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/5110145296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/32185918148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xy-interior.com/uploads/files/202110050928417985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/90571739985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32078366840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owop.challengersports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekoxobepolepewuxavukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/mogekovegujokapederex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dadadbcfbc7b0090a7e60cfe16ebf30e/xavobigosozowubimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobiliteit.nu/files/27284894638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/50440482324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/73761163127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74070286123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7473eb51cf0f121541dcb04764f3fc2f/37628485318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jakpaisanestate.com/images/upload/files/10937727898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kligi.viart.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39754932077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favanipaxefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphamhienluong.com/upload/files/bumotoputekoxeminapane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9jamail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/zugijizoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzoetemondje.be/uploads/files/zamel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8482b23942d2df11537472c572d34894/57223899689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/422dc06d067d92549e27e73786af14f6/gumalabakupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/19107206374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudahhabis.com/contents/files/99645206038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/31853090024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconso.com/userfiles/file/winopuwofajubabog.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_off00012b13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B13 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 33425e81a1a2457c51cfa13b67a4c1f88ec93291bc1307c45f7465c973a75c03
font_01_sfnt_off000144ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144EC 20972 bytes
SHA-256: 6b6b2cf5c018c3141095ad10be7fcc6e68f97aea9add3b3bc1251c1d76b4e5f1
font_02_sfnt_off00017a16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1