Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8164365998859f28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:06:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c94c4be47cfd509108f00ea018aafcd2 SHA-1: 0e942765ef59ee17ef87103a700658eb7d71c478 SHA-256: 8164365998859f28d5c2de6667446dd052550f9fbbc949684f0b8457577aa50b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mod+shooting+games PDF link annotation
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_B512584548BEAF6A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/11746317439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a9dd50af7da126d6dcbc7523a045ecf/34649461085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.elfjane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhungbaithuocnam.com/img-tvdl/files/zigatafowogapulaguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73789442560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/fujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c87084b672a4531a5631ffefae0b65/fakusunekuzimosunonagowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpisiluman.com/contents/files/95915693756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tcf.gov.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70638689275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f80acab230---barod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353e9b4c25b---43094906820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpinfit.it/userfiles/files/5529022327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///runejubelopegoripijamilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/73774060498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents/files/15957193988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbemnkjd7bfu.xn--p1ai/design/img/upload/file/73698106262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/49729128753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scherzerpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fivafiluzojuvivamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/15269382048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/vowodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcc09ef368---97145724456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/xuvupereraruvazadupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/2912099000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613734b6bd073---39925442793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nissanzorba.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81099662215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314125d9c7a---40803470373.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_off0000e1b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CE 10544 bytes
SHA-256: c0ca5d5b9d213c6280fe84aead52d89c3a393ded1fc7496423a3e9a0a8c3c6b1
font_02_sfnt_off0001116c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116C 18868 bytes
SHA-256: aa4524bb20f61e0382c21af6b123c21c1a804a42065a151771964690afd19d26