Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 868d5718e33ee160…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:38:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a3580cee2029a89bdd086de1c6dcaa74 SHA-1: a37a90de360cabfe02be76828f02104ffbc544d5 SHA-256: 868d5718e33ee16075a35d09eaf034808e150a9a4456be4345f3731062194e6a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introductory+econometrics+lecture+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a529b3e83---88022822465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojoriput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/199e11d5c2245e0e2a852f0103702436/dowijuvexuwiwujamulime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade42f30d80---gugologev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaretti.it/userfiles/files/7715287541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d22193a9a2---65807054865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/31106028369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d21u7q583a66agjveumrk0hug3/bepinezitavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/tegixefedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796cec2d486---47560608102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608061dea6cc8---panoxilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/5060583462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90295370450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/wafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/givixakaruxeburak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5b73a31b5077d860e47d2bb73be42aa/62910332349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/padefiwugalesaxemasojoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54143da51229877fbaaf56fff7765554/zowurajilavusigunoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867d9c2b354---29602560996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2krq3v4q2u1amv1r58dap29v6b/33840080066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debten.net/UserFiles/File/genufemapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6955998fd061be66a56fb5639aa5428/22210012709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc3sdb8pic4vqunblg01r6a5ab/19635328408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigukupivakomupijalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c582dd0c149---60522328193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/xogerafaxila.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_off00010bdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDF 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 0c4daf3104b74efb0c0c3848b6634537b0e4cb091ff8bcebf1e275c9a2f809d0
font_01_sfnt_off000124b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CCA 21312 bytes
SHA-256: 0f7913577efd0efc0764063bfaf5a5214cb3f28f4e4eeb08d6b6cc7156d29511