Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8942964ab2eaa19e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:21:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fd222974019e7da0fee96e7f7fa48415 SHA-1: 4835a35e10d6833256362b6aa0d8af3a421d525a SHA-256: 8942964ab2eaa19e359fc5aaaf210e08c73203befebe75d5a50eb427324f79ee
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or appear to be part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=123+go+movie+online PDF link annotation
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/lewemagepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadadetodadabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguynakorn.com/praguynakorn/picture/datapro/files/39711115400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/84667217789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marleenjansen.nl/images/uploadfiles/53130926975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/vuwabejapojenakubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/gozetekazokune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremedriveline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meluxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/ligunapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/jananixonuborifebowatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jopuwolurenurexugoloduxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomontironi.eu/userfiles/files/kuwumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/jitor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://normec-cm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neludejikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/78646477914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/motuzazupimejagepobefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangthuaphatlai.net/uploads/files/57071983912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvg9es3r5tlubu6nu6nedp4t07/32696402210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/mokunijedosaxazijorupoxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graphicart.ro/fckfiles/file/dibidigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsmontaggi.it/userfiles/files/76824155150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tostonet.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipodumivakemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/83594459199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83341657e9811f9a80cb31ebf6ac0e55/sozomejakutikewefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f38d6ac88---luweginunalepoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/25846014812.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_off0000db94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB94 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 2dc072767257acbc3e350daa3147026aca52389c4181fe0c92f7d57f0d8c687f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010aa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA1 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 4715079d70e52d247e9e5f39165d3c03f26fa148b45809e1ef1fd3e8b1f1ac2e