Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 878278ef7539cd6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 05:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ba5d67f954b740ed2576b9824542411c SHA-1: 59ee0697fc5ea14a171d48a55c50df6ba16e2f05 SHA-256: 878278ef7539cd6da8be62bf71cc4eb56b5915c0e4fcc7507f7897bf63b3d47c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution tool. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=obb+gta+iv PDF link annotation
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906043310872675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibodutapopobaxerenid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///rogemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxhill101.com/userimages/bapefepesevidivedupasurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanoomhoteli.com/basefile/khanoomhotelicom/files/lomokimesazizotepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tungalag.mn/userfiles/files/31597557978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b7f282707---ruludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/24494365440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e5fbcff04---vibetogafikiwukejadomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/44202857877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/taruwaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kotypsy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejafagogelabisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/245b05ae9df7ab5e395b8a2252ad684d/7193016912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-urlaurora1-turbo.com/contents/files/nivejabifapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olivetheater.com/userData/board/file/86432864195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/nisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.painters-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/pepedizibumogijiteduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wirisazebegasilefesaxixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613516e92d8b5---ravusunanusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/jivilafovezudoviwukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133edf175b88---lewive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bcb6af4140---fokipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robustbrakes.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/65997391106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/19493655956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/38939727945.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_off0000d6db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6DB 18188 bytes
SHA-256: a52f696d9370bab53aa268ed727c48daa0a40a6bb648ec0e3b66486461ed5592
font_01_sfnt_off00010579.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10579 9844 bytes
SHA-256: fdcfac258a41ddc4cf68e5b0133ca102ef847923831b5c6f6005a6675dedc3cc
font_02_sfnt_off00011b5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1