Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8261a2ca1f695fe8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 07:20:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 001b9f313ec3522e21c99e2d40d03426 SHA-1: 8874d45f5a63a8b9cdc5658586c4b5a28fc81897 SHA-256: 8261a2ca1f695fe86279ff16c0e1c21b82a52ebc16bb951fc8f5ad0550afb3fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=after+effects+free+intro+template+project+file+download PDF link annotation
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizulirovuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4669abed67---kosoniwazogolazubazevuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4af66de7e---70088980958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1d5df2264b949c36f956b5925978a11/doxeridofusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbaf14486e---fobelegemofute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ec5cbaaea---82818039075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/daniniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/42910613106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfgvmbvuspfa9i2hddu7gh3tc2/74866893233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/povikubolagadora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzunijuwifosodubapopap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/pupoxubujudagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe941970fd---xasujugitotamosose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080072599b4b---27896090987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e16679255070ef53a473e92f535b13cf/4703144380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/mazuzevuxogekoneme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdhmiju4sglcsk39udi6vk9co0/94635225415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/67429017558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d39090ab82---27262240716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijafaror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kij7h8hvfnufch3ff4t0hop7q1/kideporeluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a8e38fe13cf5ad2e7ee16d87454435/15164263250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jncs.kr/page_data/file/20210615171952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9951a9c4a8f214ff9eb92dfdcd155cc/nazovidobikukidofuxuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/wamijudim.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_off000115c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C2 10976 bytes
SHA-256: b436659ac0372aa29cb968a1f503dcc73266b5a43177713be48391789233ecc7
font_01_sfnt_off00012f41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14753 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 151f9562a225de8019d06d5b553830a4de84e7ef12ea812d03f49f970a73166c