Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 418194011143d2bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:35:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ba8d8c1fad94a8c33ea6d4dc7cf04a9e SHA-1: 6a6b4b2ab6590fe4b50578f7e37c9cd27373d832 SHA-256: 418194011143d2bc78baea997365a11009f14953787a34953941bffbd9ab3e30
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 or disposable hosting. This suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=developed+developing+and+underdeveloped+countries+pdf
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/vesazesovofat.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41d7a70695---xesojufefamalizafosun.pdf
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210704064332.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/48105647540.pdf
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/54427411830.pdf
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/merisorameribapuw.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/348b5e9381593623edb7efbbd0871ad4/14252548834.pdf
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/26275320683.pdf
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/fexoxilefekuvezurefekisul.pdf
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/21315678091.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b6893a0fb---zatukal.pdf
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/95274066601.pdf
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/66366951139.pdf
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/vubowosizugixelu.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3dbd9de1f---28571975413.pdf
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/lonejopigofebijexorap.pdf
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/rivefonopominisojetipon.pdf
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kl7be2mduaebjre4msgslqvfr2/soxudip.pdf
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/81513862617.pdf
    • http://bananamusic.tw/uploads/files/202108310744054212.pdf
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97tgiprmdehuekl4o9sq66qcdf/11104490015.pdf
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210526115732127.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd88.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD88 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f59a.bin
d78920c0e20348211aae3d75bd5cb206ef0e3b565c381c22fa3b3f7f6974cc71
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59A 18304 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012574.bin
9849006cdbbdf8c697e7acdd90bc6f4d1b9ab60bb17e0d398900dd107c04a3c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12574 10960 bytes