Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a313fab035fe6a54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:07:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b928a87d50a3574eba4a0a65d29b704a SHA-1: 43e9cd1b55cd6799f11731e133f34254ebef2ab3 SHA-256: a313fab035fe6a54bf8fe6e8c7fa446de2707ee42da9566518a51b5eafc486cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wireless+android+auto+no+internet PDF link annotation
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/legunojubipegexogavafimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9037780593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/vezosesuwigesixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7l1tua7uqt5vbpa4qcaijmdc9a/safamanit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/93346424387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/6673148521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gico.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/mumazarolinudupigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/jirosawogibiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skykharchono.mn/editor/files/73673904913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57629795654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themadthinker.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/9448544397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b14d0ebb7dbb8750f52badb74422e99b/50372010515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d060d0c958768b6bae7a3a1c603e3f8f/49611064635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m3hotels.com/userfiles/file/12231719103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/faladelusodafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/wanodesagufinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0cb809850---vazagasafobokanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afab765ade4fcd712079bfe47f5812ba/85387674548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140338552c5e---26740675337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suspensionestg.mx/userfiles/file/96718061093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/44119147179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napixixaxasipolitopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/83565038049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilier-valence-agen.com/userfiles/file/59576334795.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_off0000e311.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE311 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB28 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 0c4fcb3a1cba0ae2cf9657536bc18aae2b22477329ebb8b56ad58bb30840ffcb
font_02_sfnt_off00011299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11299 16920 bytes
SHA-256: 1fd678fc5338789a849a59a47eafb443a675abf75825e5be0eac9d023df4bc18