Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 901a2fb9511fd6f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:02:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 32f08763860bcf4c202fd673fa38ca42 SHA-1: c7af1b6b6d51ae59d6c35910fc773c1832bafe4d SHA-256: 901a2fb9511fd6f78ab7c444c478ebc4a477aa421494911467838c06cd5341bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting sites, indicating an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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 http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/tideburapozami.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/96117108506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210911130208302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/nobujuvadezoxawakiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/18400525919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbico.vn/uploads/image/files/vijorenarotevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c97dd420abcdf0fbfe1c740d419f69e/60172106393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/38321967260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8196bb4573e72ce90b36354d117c92f7/novidekuxexilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20460517255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerrya.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kugezajurovawalizosidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagticket.com/fck_upload/file/zepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.omt.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivisabipakebuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/61932195693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/suzanixajotiwevatimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanasulcikova.cz/userfiles/tefadaluzalugebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gro-felix.si/uploads/visokizonagasafunazeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristiankutschera.de/userfiles/file/49859557661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciabergua.com/userfiles/files/zukemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f80c017b37---kijanumudunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/46441751325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0922.sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/tuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/26037457031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbhwhggdaoqfh3d.xn--p1ai/media/file/55529270143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/64785215115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/boguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/kexapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+developers+communityPDF 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_off0000b2f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2F8 14588 bytes
SHA-256: e5a3159d2630558ecbd2dace6b84df70cf7be1e677428401b3a65d3e28419425
font_01_sfnt_off0000d79e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79E 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 3dc0d90ccb040563ec8bf53d2ffde703ed90bd766ee8203084cb5d031f1a1511
font_02_sfnt_off0000f077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF077 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1