Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a2a76d09720dc74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:22:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 45a8bd7e6454efb4467796af18819d2d SHA-1: 3681765f3cc6452fb7970c8489be1292743c0c41 SHA-256: 8a2a76d09720dc7432ee79c084f343a7348afacf3c18eaae59f184b05fba6091
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/nofoma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/6658450969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b469f3c27c---84113772392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/12840238477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/58407055768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/dikananisasifedawofekar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/zitowoxiporitipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/dasuloxatefalewinogiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/13430043072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11841288105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochalco.com/uploads/files/gemibuxerijagerewofeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudameben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/36627222854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0c04b7251---92963568982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k3projekt.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/bubawizedirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavotijovofegazorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uklearningnetwork.com/userfiles/file/71688211974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/40561795142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c50925fc4---zijevovanemomarebevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addon-colsman.somantec.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42465136001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mx+vs+vlcPDF link annotation
    • 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_off000117cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117CB 16660 bytes
SHA-256: d343afb229aae902c6c973ea3bbbd8fe4bdb914a3d8aacad5b50f32470acf57d
font_01_sfnt_off00014326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14326 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015b3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B3C 9576 bytes
SHA-256: 996a9844d4674608a261f188946c86a884b15af70a8c3db9e5528c2b4461c41a