Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8af55c13d0adf2a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:33:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 2652f752a4fdbc134a6ee4795ff95fae SHA-1: 624448fbd88f80aceccdae9aa885bba2f924db77 SHA-256: 8af55c13d0adf2a708fc8c4d2f3e17f64733dbc977e58c8fbaad2f1a09db6155
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nier+automata+cloud+gaming PDF link annotation
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/revepokimotikegigisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/87391003201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bongoes62.dk/userfiles/file/tesudumepufuvokugugora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3824229005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j8p44llh2vpsj2slatcbkj286/22656305841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210905220439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/bebasusiwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ea03a3c916ceabb0cdbf734c50eb4e9/27590825010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94791480335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/wikamisalovemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csmgh.net/pevron/www/img/file/85419727981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/58751831209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee0ec6685c---mulewuriwavafedomelela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/14278467600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613759a93bc35---81816128879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/9224787056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anitt.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21728497108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokaliguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408ece14e55---satikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e16865ead---19001464529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/46301954455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/30956520605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/32044588121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/fujepitinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photonart.nl/phpcmsys/file/76470847683.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_off0000b321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB321 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 2dec131f13b43ca7fb4bb95e4b1380330e763ca4b41ae743da92df9b18fafc83
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB2A 14652 bytes
SHA-256: 4319d34c9725cbe00c43e420832f7fc82953d915904e0f679b5dee313fbeab80
font_02_sfnt_off0000f028.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF028 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1