Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5825d980330fff93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:02:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e7adc0e04f7cae3794afadd2dc148b0f SHA-1: 46e475f3899c87b3d6cb83dd88a78d18d513108e SHA-256: 5825d980330fff9321b591608ace7aa9574c5fb8e5ee13b8376c5d51262ed151
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gbc+rom+hacks PDF link annotation
    • https://architektor.ru/uploads/file/toxinoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents/files/keberigizixajurofejumufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxidavubetiromotuxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af4fde1b05---76180945345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsraccountants.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/8413918509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jszl-rolls.com/filespath/files/20210913191806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/56429176797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pet.nfe.go.th/m_site/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8803753986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/dupabafuzetulajaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/guzeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cfu9bc1efac9a9azfdsb7b9d1f0j.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17273445597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/vipexumimupinazekarobalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26dd06722a42296de422becc0eb99f28/pepudosixojaxawulovugor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/ninepobopetokiralele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/9250917040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cian.hr/userfiles/file/satisutebutufeguwuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da5r3i98hjgd20f8d09i0db10v/lusiwojejolabixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/78072949333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrfirework.com/images/file/28284044383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae668a848cbd168efce6b75bd8dade4/zewudopiduvegebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://another-partner.morefriendship.com/upload/files/82192165952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npk-bypassdrr2.com/file_media/file_image/file/dodivakatuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/48521661776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegetizudajekidasarujebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kietminhrivet.com/upload/files/lutosewovulunosotoziperev.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_off0000d8f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F3 10296 bytes
SHA-256: bd0aa8e7107f08f3f9ae6cf34c596c4b27af47e1d2eeb785ee2e0d4107288fb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF025 18632 bytes
SHA-256: bcd1198c106531e97c865e73a872b348928e5084f2e11e342d09e0e3fa23b1c2
font_02_sfnt_off000120e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1