Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bada03b4e43ba78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:30:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ebc29a3798373d86cc420a5f981831c6 SHA-1: c1bf00eb66729088cf437ca982540b994ffb97b9 SHA-256: 8bada03b4e43ba781ab271a86eb5f1117c3194660241443afb04918b9a8f73e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample 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, including links to compromised CMS uploads and a link farm on disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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=golden+books+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kes.org/upload/editor/files/vozodujixebito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujalatewafumulixemalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/lomelipofapitasikamel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/30957176843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pegavilumizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-9/file/LwpCms2021_09_07_03_50_03_7152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/61691491642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tocbirsen.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72744742595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee0e0d5bf662a30c8a8eb068a81e44f1/zafuvidomazuwiropuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/tanokekukinuzusijomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424305058cc---95045983854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54f791d965dc65e79dcee1dd32f77b5c/jigolipupamebafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146c47f2d2de---86639134299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardeche.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14896046814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodagovumevitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldmotorsclub.com/files/file/87916844227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/49847091029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambatownship.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamamufugemukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53447357353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aicsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basuwewewapubidajonevepug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210914061612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13906790372.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_off0000daa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B3 18456 bytes
SHA-256: 0ce66a62f5aad1dcbbaca4080c7f84c5188ad7f27f44062f6f548933b3cfc22f
font_02_sfnt_off000122aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AA 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 91c93084d57b20976af4d4468ac0a6a1f7250e4b87e08f2592af58884cc06a52