Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ad54401641c9c67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-23 15:10:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9019be8f673b058438bd71b989aefe66 SHA-1: eddeeb86a4d2a50f5b6d3800ecb65fd1477b79e1 SHA-256: 8ad54401641c9c67da9c3b5eab22872b13f9ead0582ef8dd2d7535f0dd9ed6ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these links to facilitate phishing or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=numbers+that+have+more+than+2+factors
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/suvedijewuwozilel.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613319f14e487---58447569951.pdf
    • http://avon-bratislava.com/files/files/9649602415.pdf
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84037011093.pdf
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/78011114133.pdf
    • http://ros-audit.com/i/up/file/41212911443.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt7i4gdn49j93g230lh1f37n8l/80817543627.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd3c8ef5b8---10287887185.pdf
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/19204973518.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353b3335f67---97141223763.pdf
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/54065517069.pdf
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/genunibawejinevadiva.pdf
    • http://giovanninociti.com/userfiles/files/412473047.pdf
    • http://i-physiology.ru/upload/zulojoruzudubomanafot.pdf
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/5524366685.pdf
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1632353238_f020c43ed3.pdf
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/bejuw.pdf
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/famagefufuboxivelawu.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142197174e2b---32156381688.pdf
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/birelonebifo.pdf
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/dakili.pdf
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210914181540.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dad9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2f0.bin
65b1534a4ed3bc3036289f4ddd78541b3f6a581f6ce4526cdd8dbac5eb9bafa6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F0 10868 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010c00.bin
2adbb8d838bb20b39cbf4caf31f906456b467405ce39785ff67081f6a5a976b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C00 18316 bytes