Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 287a2a94843cddcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:48:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e24829505150c665e261c31877cd7090 SHA-1: 868e8ac22382e09e34d8e50d7e3066268343867e SHA-256: 287a2a94843cddcff58a93a6ee0840a6bbadede6f66eb949348c4ee552781dc8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to deceive users. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further suggests an attempt to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=youcut+pro+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://euronet.stonavka.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5206860523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisinaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hebatkeren88.com/contents/files/sisatosetifatelazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolebexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137387ea5457---wolanilubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33359742357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cribpointonline.org/cribpointonline/userimages/file/busuzaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/84940807349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabbeleecooking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvuzazome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/88146417889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/najejaruxuvabamonujixeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/44170468718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90474002892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/moresazatulisone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11656084438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restokrat.info/userfiles/file/74714340825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0152fe758a698ea5a55b6baef888ede2/zabugajuxijezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d86be45adf---79489280253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkatcapceshpicpg3h.xn--p1ai/pict/file/23575344548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e29a3e0535a0c6ef141c889c1df10b1d/54771989212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biogreeno.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97784851362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/pikegiwipufebebupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/37424690195.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_off0000e1ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1AD 19032 bytes
SHA-256: 733ffe1913499cf9f14a484bf3387128cf6177751b946c59b8d3070eaaf8724c
font_01_sfnt_off000112ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112AB 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 9fb6e24401cae78005ee58cf4280697396fa0a32e40a3e421ce5fb3bc42f5cfe
font_02_sfnt_off000129f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1