Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 986b0b29f9a59c04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:55:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ad33b59e1c617a1130e69e0d8712c108 SHA-1: 753bec4af58f67d1be2d5a88404d02ef23124a78 SHA-256: 986b0b29f9a59c045de6e3f9e63cd677a982806c9c6bf15c803679864dc81ddf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or exploit vulnerabilities. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9920

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=burning+in+nose+cold PDF link annotation
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/wopavawufofaxibudojekigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21067897686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d240de74e2ff87bf7d6c44e068dc1c4/fotaperunenikoretizowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210621174956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078990a266d5---1641391060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/17214951727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0877a1c77f---nojexikogojumixeruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba87d1ef5b---40628624650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bbd4b2113---87035339410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/23257903857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1245d6d24a3ce7bb0e76912fde2a1084/55997812165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/xatiwazelinajixakozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/71725230480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/79587372075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/89662475094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824e6eba6dd---73309626758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21550773630ed93cd2a9db96314ff9d4/fuvojakafevewudodilebadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobas.cz/userfiles/file/39549206099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/28820321662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aed02d3f11---sazezefuzaxewagixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6ff8f2d993e5fbadd63fb64e74ea5c6/viwedoniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f33019474---zunizituliditulofamovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/gimogevu.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00011dd2.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x11DD2 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 6a5f285a3490ad6971b4b2ff7c21a0a761fe967d0efed3b691bf6e431a59cd4c
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C8 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 3b40ecfe84c96a1ac7347ace251b0b420321e7b984ae6a3777e22ff8c9c6b787
font_02_sfnt_off0001395d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1395D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15174 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 711dc70d0efa943ae8beeed348e0827d78fc7c6920867645b282991d04ac03fd