Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ca8a280c1557cfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 05:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: acb38b239a53595be07ab33d4e11caf5 SHA-1: 14de490f92d1a76d0d87f10c5c173e162ccf7d0d SHA-256: 1ca8a280c1557cfcdadbb99e7b3b2af648304dd58ccc861f0145aa1fc2458cbf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=animation+scale+android PDF link annotation
    • https://sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/86721390764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/48781715908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fafb593afd---13710738499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kodubevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/fokufigigupalukagunenaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/65930183896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/45921544519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atrax.hr/files/36597971397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/pogupapajuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/pasumabawalezawovoroga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/80359676857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/nipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/51801049341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1s3lf9udnu8jvp8m4iqubtocm4/banata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ah5pke6a5ah374fefdh7t6u8n/72276777753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/wimagoguzugelitosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osteopathe-montpellier-sud.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85685625630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/niniselunusiseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/wazogibuvotexokufuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpc2529.com/piceditor/file/biwifavuwovidiluloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/pavatateganofezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guidesdugrandlarge.fr/images/import/file/zofegoleruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/miraxewuboroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://na3.it/misc/file/95074939231.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB640 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE51 16652 bytes
SHA-256: 199ca3b0104632318464f19029a5da50f600583958179765a7ae06596bfe1ce3
font_02_sfnt_off0000e5dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DC 10512 bytes
SHA-256: e50bc60c8c794c37694e74c20e5f92ad891644706b8f84ed7444682b2c496ae5
font_03_sfnt_off0000fdc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC9 20988 bytes
SHA-256: 550e6af999b19460cebb016afa923010a1cd6a13dd5b25d25b6b4c58613dab73