Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9660a8aaf89c9182…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.6 KB Created: 2021-06-20 17:50:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: a82b6fe847871a5e4d57010a9e8a991e SHA-1: aa3e6d627b89d1b4d2270b7482448331d24b21a3 SHA-256: 9660a8aaf89c9182baacaca6e33d21618dafe6fa301d0b18873dc3011d42fd98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=annabel+alesana+book+pdf
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/najiloraladaganit.pdf
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b771d934a6dd1c8f2031418839b03e8/jufezutoxiroximupu.pdf
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecd63c10fa---wusidajulurekiwiviluxapi.pdf
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/xufasufapiwusa.pdf
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwiligilik.pdf
    • http://sunnysideclassof64.com/clients/a/ac/acc4ccb49d7935ca36198347b895393e/File/gidasufilakovofugagomevap.pdf
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93d1ad8d18ab50185321137a4cce2622/52402244763.pdf
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/zifurigenolo.pdf
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/resuwomutujuxezibawo.pdf
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fedde3f07d365c9d308eb3086ff6e818/sovuwufijopatoburagiso.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4crkb5ee5hu2c0lcngc7qp9tu4/82951912471.pdf
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/tapezugemubiraveb.pdf
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/13045551752.pdf
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcqcsvv98vddf50o8b3aguc1oh/58062281304.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de82e49faa---wofopogukusix.pdf
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210524004007.pdf
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/77064427286.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001431f.bin
fcd3dc49f87032eebda24515c564f1b11baa911ccfb48eaa55624286a6e02d24
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1431F 4792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001536d.bin
481a2f8b84eaddc15afd75401ee0034a84d625a57ac7e60f40f7b788f0dd39bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1536D 13768 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00017f93.bin
0d0f64e27578eb124b8bc81c7eceacdd166e22eddd95c81328e9fbd7de2a6333
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F93 4324 bytes