Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1efaf77d37eec1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:15:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: cab5ee03af4dd2befdae677b5fa9f8a5 SHA-1: d6d8f3556bf3ebe1d534de32b4d03b371043faf3 SHA-256: a1efaf77d37eec1de8b2c8347db7cef07fa715d1f59dd045574926722f23b99b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=magic+never+believe+it%27s+not+so PDF link annotation
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p5nne11t4e3f5aah2tlbu12eq/gifabikuroperomizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/57439439008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af9f95885592aee79c7642c5b1b65e6/98609725701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5400958336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608300c685dcc---xirutaditedutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jshbt99o1g42kamalq0ja98ih/tujilevolasefetonepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46090194181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608769eaf3da0---xesutojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/19275695729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmstead.tw/farmstead/upload/files/45240377164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a50aebff0c702161b90fec408660f526/botijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/waviradamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/sabidamunifivematukasemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heljbibmo05ceod4egb4kogvg1/wejaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/68733401077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0902caf178---956157578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4608b1cbba0c3d5376c4d6642f639f9a/86086807980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://u15.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95579654144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbjb20ha01ojvatu39jl856912/vavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021052314064529387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slphs66.com/clients/e/e6/e62fa13cff665df70d7481f632b33819/File/45024591615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cc1e1149acf3a668db45d77674864a/katititilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1fb74a4d7a613290a156ca7abc966d4/siwuxegixa.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_off0000c801.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC801 16740 bytes
SHA-256: e95d27264aad2891f69945b1e95a7d7d5e0c70b5ac580ea40267bcedd2e2a7de
font_01_sfnt_off0000f392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF392 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 803097e9936e36f64d7a9cafe1664b7e538ad8ac911c0529c357273ea80d513d
font_02_sfnt_off00010c28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1