Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 286780b7077ec034…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 04:32:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9d3cfac1c8ff2f5b64dd6f98604fd303 SHA-1: a33576aee5842ea36d9c8738de7c2c7e515b4153 SHA-256: 286780b7077ec034e28a70f62d74b171954bdf7b19c7f08f83a95b55aa35cf12
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The primary URL suggests a lure related to 'android smartphone market share', indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+smartphone+market+share PDF link annotation
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323aec39dc2---52159087632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109050712567609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpshardorawal.com/hemkunt/userfiles/file/23706546613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobermanncz.eu/files/xawotolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/92914050498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133eaec7993a---86690850460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclelandgroup.com/img/upload/file/11034678938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefapuxiponowimodusiviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/fukawuwojuzaraxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldstecq.com/userfiles/file/lezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/dewodexamemaxewikewiriler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stgeorgedentalcare.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapegapisifozukewomobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42941191638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs7l2c97fgiih0u78jo2rkahn0/41238954458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/1851063169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60f087d3f69644f8f8428cec7ec65374/60273587256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/reruxekijabadovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/96532647878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/bezapasavewetofezususo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7edc191a8b5f60e9f8f47bfdf072b8f/zugifenuvigifizuvubipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dylogistics.com/userData/board/file/54120281959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortcrimea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/leserazibasepamejikixonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/nurogulebuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/88223546997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadesign52.com/uploads/files/202109090054439114.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_off0000deae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C0 18352 bytes
SHA-256: 3d7bf7f1c839dc7438133f69dd8bdde33eaab8936d9721273f32166f77e2d8df
font_02_sfnt_off000126e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E5 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 04179d5e937100643365f350dd2bcb584d36ae9740bcc3923a9c67f111f0953b