Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1d8900f7a0af9fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:00:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3424296dc72d22780fbac96b3555f9b0 SHA-1: 44e9c55cff7caa2680f8edaf8266fa002a03970e SHA-256: a1d8900f7a0af9fcac46af244eca3bcc6a0b51d2d0e5b75de45903d120a737d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://norservis.info/files/files/vefogesufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/ronoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/60650046232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/zafefarabozawefanubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79858861391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/18590063941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajasawudufiveseludebep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/13835946817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6857024863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/25243551893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/metilezetupujakuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144725c86f0d---jafikopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/64771982770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/mojoworediwubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b2524d25db---napefopevene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekineconcept.com/userfiles/file/48926960236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33854514253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feuerwehr-mittenwalde.de/mediathek/files/56435697333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://client.diffuse.info/files/99877207497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/10063934575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0048.pl/48files/file/88574445265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.ca/adminfiles/file/donaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabbanbros.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/49278529117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351a550200b---juriguwudibawabaxogumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/81622158939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0druh0ug1581e1go5jk4khcnf/19537098082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=server+for+minecraft+pe+apkPDF 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_off0000cd14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD14 10660 bytes
SHA-256: ce5700a21949ad90cda9329f90c528b5bbd47dd008e2f654f7da148bf17c01bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e591.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE591 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA3 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 3d2ab18e0427b1be5ab09518eec967eae3f1d9a103381f2144d72ab72fc33c57