Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 671a201fbf01b820…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:27:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 410801670904dbe23680dbb83200e53b SHA-1: b0ab6ca2c55c9b2dd068d6817fa578e3258863b5 SHA-256: 671a201fbf01b820f6dafe5aace80ec0190e354df776a6cfe7cd29ef0b27a74d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF sample was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious or phishing websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=time+saver+standards+for+school+design+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51vknbl08iiedc37g01mu8kpkh/47042763524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/43921980104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/55414393419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shortguycentral.com/ck_uploads/files/vexisowebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4430dea0b---runitivezewipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncvpte.in/userfiles/file/54734521045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b52797eed---80076415137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dztechfin.com/upload/file///loropoxupuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f1db8a40f9---85673127734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnvvlo7iedjqnc248gvjdnqt3n/zirilinazedarowafevixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np9u7scm6qhpbl91fe4dr0p76i/5479417360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1629658420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f004a0a6eb3dcb4751d6e73e0651c85/31491137115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc4f6335416---teguvalukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/zatiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1e5d51f7a---57398022600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7d550b2275---kawarizututukikasomefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dc88d4a969b204f2990832d6f2842e6/85971117477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/15065082836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb47f53277683e48febecb8fd10fe0bd/17551691618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/88920084048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardenofsound.com/userfiles/files/43795826719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/91603557050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d82ef235f---wejopinafuwomagukuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darkoyunpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/buwabipuva.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_off0000d787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD787 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF9E 11096 bytes
SHA-256: e50dec9059a163c12c203e9564ae43f18133e834499694bb4f64820385c39081
font_02_sfnt_off0001091b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091B 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 44bceb873ed9358b2875097472088ea2271f36386b4cb723fbacd371fd8edebe