Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8632121b8bda65bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:43:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 264ddcafbfb99540d9a77fccfbe29ef0 SHA-1: 89f766daa8d2fd1388bf7ecf533761f836a46b7b SHA-256: 8632121b8bda65bc2411820647740b42baa2441ebbb0830e6fdd7ea8fc8f95b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file 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 of which point to compromised websites or link farms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+national+locksmith+guide+to+manipulation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18066147605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://progin.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerumigarokamutona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/66507354115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5e679d13e46f0f74d5380a2793851cd/14744712566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazeo.nl/userfiles/file/wiweforefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/51146344576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/90285865539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunometalalusufibimawulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/48791146527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/81773133981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/savomaxerolasuduguvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/59687114496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnc2.com/userfiles/file/89416911436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/tiked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce903d780a---vikimofemelarigekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/tifilituzatodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b746d065a0b0219f404e1bc0d9ec3692/6443039443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralindahigh1981.com/clients/866868/File/diwojumififidutilut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2jb0p9ned13oc7eu3h5ehjru7/navuzog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52290195610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14068213326a7d91729148cd563f9d11/32075640017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvggavmr6eqov4q981m77bp574/97075943850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f26cd2049a2a252f8a43044c52eed93/61670300854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebadamagevuduliliforos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/wewuwapupasojurebefowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/67283066514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/414142a6713b3676c0071f5f3d41c50f/87333056451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf5a3d0994314f8426ee596ad06989fd/vilaxaw.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_off0000d713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD713 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 4f5ee0ba951ab0552b009e64cfa7874d557c6ebec99dfef6afaddc93de6d18ba
font_01_sfnt_off00010789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10789 11124 bytes
SHA-256: ef1b434dc475b5b07ca33e22558fa52a6753ebeca63265045f6a454f5c9f0834
font_02_sfnt_off00012121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12121 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1