Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d281359c3176f67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-10-12 00:10:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5262f95c0dd812fbb40f550cd457dd20 SHA-1: 6db21c8c255696653214aecc22d260dfc9ddf5c1 SHA-256: 8d281359c3176f67d37b70bc3378c647759582c95ef794bb4958ecd420f78cd5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to serve as a link farm to distribute malicious payloads, disguised as legitimate documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/kasimeragujekuwogopiwum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thegmsbihta.eruditiontech.com/userfiles/file/rebezenaxari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalathena.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17448047980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16cf1ac3cb32b9227e04a6664e6d45d6/65775900692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/64181608861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/vajurojuvutozonaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b2b569a22---50809430656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20211004180335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/39858676965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwharrison.com/userfiles/file/31106547845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/delepubitisibagololad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/72766406467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohouse-lab.com/userfiles/file/kofege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanalights.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/xogaxejopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/8094831063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalafiber.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marapavomajipojevamave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/60451655230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/18549579929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/giludenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manegedebuitenwijck.nl/uploads/file/84751422442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a02a47fc7443a2125bf3fefa7523b368/35990060383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153da8c9206c---nakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/15866963607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmconlinecme.com/userfiles/file/74107494827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/vItLtdF7Pec/uplcv?utm_term=network+security+essentials+by+william+stallings+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d66c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD66C 11472 bytes
SHA-256: bbf1cbbfe57d391ddd4d05869fd18f5635a6a24ab9feca0650bc1798961392bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f13e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13E 18700 bytes
SHA-256: 2e509dfd310a0734dc24ccea2d2be69118a497a1057c8439a421755ff633da44
font_02_sfnt_off000121a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1