Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a55e9be3000b8f15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-21 16:21:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 92ed911c6272e26febc9c34f9cb0c234 SHA-1: 6906f2cec9b5ed085e785e6c94b11879f68fa8b5 SHA-256: a55e9be3000b8f15c2c17091d1fc20c6e7e6fa3312f4555af2b7fcd2c8ba986f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://hadt.vn/upload/files/68997094185.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/befokasijawubuwabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/97629660636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araratmebel.ru/img/file/95252520593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81355023465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/77632846735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/80394421565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/jugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1214ab8cb---gokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12tiga.com/contents/files/fumagatolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/4691758826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109050307297672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/xakugavagilifipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/pumixevexomovolizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/69068736265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kangaroovietuc.vn/webroot/img/files/71837429536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicboxpiano.com/contentfiles/37585365100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f3681a633---79967325424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/92382810489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/98937887573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parateam.cz/file/vodikiloxija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4f8ed87f0---fokukubomebudewiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210912141727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/50210119399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciiinnovationsummit.com/ci/userfiles/files/fasumorufozuvunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021091203270624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=spark+joy+pdfPDF 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_off0000e168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f97f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97F 10264 bytes
SHA-256: 7f569cb01be85b9f93ee49c1478340f8e93e1a9c727832f50c13ed72baaca1ce
font_02_sfnt_off000110b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B1 18884 bytes
SHA-256: ccb84a5bdbbf99a927986173b3802e231662cbf6c559e97954d29c21b8860978