Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bde45818bd5b980…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:17:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 16584c9d458c78d8c079c13b4a0fd55b SHA-1: bbba68dee4726d0d592752f611a3fae01420777b SHA-256: 1bde45818bd5b98012f81da162ed107f68d440a09e2dafcf8a8f2e4dd4e43da0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://www.champagne-auge-dascier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuleson.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/vakotujujefaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/41357719973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/21188468338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341c59921d3---31207363992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/luviwabuxomepegupabepakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/80584765749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/nanojikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigosarchitects.gr/userfiles/file/sexawudokelugotolilowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstechno.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/7845243128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/54866163738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/jabakizidabosusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c285b904e6817bc66ccb6afd456c4fe2/fadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/95351925632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34b28fufarm7cjs4p0fbd1rpmt/82397702083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/463535717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zakarpattya-tour.com/upload/13310321143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopetrilli.it/userfiles/files/nifovexewijorumebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interreg-ipa-husrb.com/downloads/88930258144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/wururawetakolozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginaxawag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adeptos.clevercloud.pt/images/items/files/34540810419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oolong-dining-co.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/fuxizexoridiramupufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/tikekivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/gaxasusapifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/49463798953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=miglior+emulatore+android+per+windowsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000fa8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8C 10916 bytes
SHA-256: e162a56e277a8826c1c3cd2aed153bbf69cf882b05dd35a6968ff6703a55aba8
font_01_sfnt_off000113a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB8 18036 bytes
SHA-256: 236e5e6537fd2179446cb9a227a9673f360757e2faa702ebeb4229416b28ba84