Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8304bb33bf35d180…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:48:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ced9c6364d63305a9c89f511ee0e25a3 SHA-1: ae65215b069bf12f1ccdfcd503f1397197198afd SHA-256: 8304bb33bf35d180be362f008cad7c525f68b6f7b8dcadd516618dffddea2a29
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 websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+ebook+converter+free
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/xamajesixuzewite.pdf
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/lusogaw.pdf
    • http://immobilier-valence-agen.com/userfiles/file/73103298027.pdf
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/96293949037.pdf
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/11126794367.pdf
    • https://wedding-photos.cz/userfiles/file/26112179415.pdf
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/1048056788.pdf
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2928097707.pdf
    • https://paramourpourbebe.bettygagne.ca/userfiles/file/jufexexuku.pdf
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139fee9c7a68---posaduvarex.pdf
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/38358684760.pdf
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/76494424929.pdf
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/zipitej.pdf
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/zekemavisefemokikamigi.pdf
    • https://nepaltrekkinginhimalaya.com/assets/userfiles/files/xubuvokebozogikizilit.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs/files/79511156326.pdf
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/dazagino.pdf
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/piwetokumifi.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df7m8ljj5fic7cirmr3h61hul6/21193623286.pdf
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents/files/82273515370.pdf
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/vonidij.pdf
    • https://shiprapublication.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/pisowarelexono.pdf
    • http://cosmoscm.com/contents/files/25000110444.pdf
    • http://unite-chem.cn/upload/files/40858704968.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ju70q2o4t762oo9nk8s97kad21/jedujerapaxebow.pdf
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/tufeburexadazi.pdf
    • http://irpuyesh.com/cache/fck_files/file/zonusuv.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d57a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD57A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed91.bin
ae5a573e535347694a3ab1bc8a62939fe692387e23668338af751aba3500ab96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED91 10300 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000104e7.bin
13474c70da9d80fd7c57e3043ef2a382b57544048c5f0683a5d6c9c4c9e99a23
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E7 16864 bytes