Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a264bf29aa364c87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 16184ac3e1bdcb36a383448acf23d83c SHA-1: 0dac1793aadfc07c79f08f832d69dee972bb6559 SHA-256: a264bf29aa364c87f59eb08c118f970e661e39c03a59d1bee7f0a8f48f6ce75b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=honda+obd2+codes+list+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/14033009089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ogiufrlseegfdo4rd01l85ig5/82780618979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tootooair.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210817_88DC34FAE306896A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/zakuminatoxitewiwiluwipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikonokesukunefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac169d18012356d31392dcd38daeeaf4/fewoxujake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents/files/89923850548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef699dafa7---logurexaniwezidotasiribon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fijiembajak.com/uploads/ck_uploads/files/38678620568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fep95218homc42ug7ph3rscv29/47019147714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33646009927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57393766581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71597213340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0fssi2it36ger48aahkjb8bjf/riserewibonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a605b19d87d---giwevorizofipobomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jc92vpoeba808e6gvrddfqn5bv/79933121087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb8953efc3---namunoxizopipubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/82568392783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a396a223540---12148378634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/bavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/xaxudinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/58559498334.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_off0000d6ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AE 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 9692fed8a62cb37aa41fb8db635d9236e23d38165be9aacf23a24b338243d128
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF56 17468 bytes
SHA-256: c34aea3e1591361efd5694dbf94d33b02c7c99fe27f8a2d25d756703378d33d3
font_02_sfnt_off00011cdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1