Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a314eac32869757…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:30:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 77420b6037519c5542574ce7f57892bb SHA-1: 6205b836d8c2ad6c8bbc2a9593f7e92cfce04db4 SHA-256: 8a314eac32869757102b773416b657c255c3157d28d6a9bd863303e83c3fa646
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, aiming to trick users into visiting them. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=xiaohan+pub+app+android PDF link annotation
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8a4b82509---7287675469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27365988586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb8c3555cd---788053289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iact2001.com/userData/board/file/rexerewelunodipefewugoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/natal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21a3a62beaf6524caebd1b2d1f2425b0/94501182511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14788721031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1631411808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/sedepupiforoniwalukuxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/81593559925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zensushidanapoint.com/uploads/files/43012141101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/96015920256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/tusoposupeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptwash.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/3846387030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxag.com/upload/browse/file/52723232937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linker-apps.com/files/vanodamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac99e0fb35---mimilatilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/19954060747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actinq.nl/upload/file/39904734834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/jezukif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-ambroisie.com/ressource/site-image/files/10561137595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614062288fe53---53454048140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/30976695380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/43564277627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24788884036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/4023579352.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_off0000c325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC325 10292 bytes
SHA-256: c855677a1dae1d6e3d60d68031bb34006c6c768c9e89ee51709e2e9c05c09226
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9DB 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 0b600179e2d0071fb05756eebfae7e26e7d094b869e6044ea6f883b148147ca2
font_02_sfnt_off00010639.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10639 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1