Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 928e21b011084e94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:17:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1c736b616f3811a23dd71c7750d28ada SHA-1: c681aa2caed85824cfac1d67c231b7c47d4d0a1a SHA-256: 928e21b011084e9479bd2d5e77575e6a0a9f01e3155a0abd38f0eb960bb1494b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=easy+clarinet+duets+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb1c650be7---kosari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u0ekvd7mu2v6a1v71to11kbp5/89889586485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/vabivirorujovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49926a8ef0c4ad9c92c9b851701764bf/40504682757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m4cqrhmlddheeegvj3ugj1ub5/87940995678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/20145993377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/gozat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06777b7368---62614505107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/gopevanobobiseradevoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/30792870942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bc50d6d66---kekora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/ferozovefixede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba75d3da6e3---rarafikosesimiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a689ea4e5d---zovovibotitisaxakaruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/19918913422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/12196210007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c24aa07b253cbac0918719b57f352d0/mufikewunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfd48829e0---xejevedune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/479906661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mjl78i8mttcqtls25u9ns1hen/91551785591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatkade.com/basefile/eghamatkadecom/files/10023743790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf93fd88c1---2758732018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/zinojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b834aou0vdctm07kdsga6nfc08/kikakon.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_off0000dd1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD1A 18080 bytes
SHA-256: 785aa04ec6591b1a7fff389c21e89c805252457f204ff1d8f5e0bac1163398fc
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF9 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 6018f7b99311b8b8388c2bb576fe5b0f14fffb40d8d66d9e8a65cfaa8b922d41
font_02_sfnt_off0001259d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1259D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1