Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 811a5749d0656399…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 16:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0e0aed7acda096a647bb3cf31f854a4b SHA-1: fbc27151d71d0e2cc32cfe566e54f3886c113819 SHA-256: 811a5749d06563997917cdbe53be128af5ed56941e4a19ec232146cdcc94953e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+music+to+android PDF link annotation
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/57864203648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7ei213ulu0fh7o2hhusee0aj6/19651304966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13656f3366754e7515425599968893f/xonikitezepekufozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafigepipurovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/wegijilakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusalutinuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/10473643972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menifee.hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/99748877633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98fe081f735134dbcaa382f583fd6106/poviwedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85218020029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/nitufadudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/36112404230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a52240ff9---58404076099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maginsaatmetal.com/resimlerfiles/vegazuwowotuweronud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozajorizibadutipakajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1631966681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madveras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98112565430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natatourism.com/userfiles/files/mexebowewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umiyawoodworks.com/fckdb/userfiles/file/85205148583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7e5dc72515a034b3da10d672f65976/lujesatutetuzijamatokese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culfordequestriancentre.org/UserFiles/file/relevoxanajelusifopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pro9apps.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/todijomeduvute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614319770d635---55551002084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://812423.qqtogeljackpot2.com/contents/files/37869284336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evrokomplekt.ru/userfiles/file/81419900571.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_off0000eaf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF1 10728 bytes
SHA-256: cb7fee8a6b9a1981f0ad41d90482956048df405e58a4f99ab724523fb6b80c4f
font_01_sfnt_off00010393.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10393 18068 bytes
SHA-256: e711cc2792b57542637e123c871a1caa9d62b67fd027ee7b72d1dbb4d06fb9a2
font_02_sfnt_off000131da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1