Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a686b11bf8c1de15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 12:29:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e9ef52f7ad52823d69cd04f0f5646dea SHA-1: c2a09698aee146dcf84408027d36e68628e41af2 SHA-256: a686b11bf8c1de15c63ef6ba23586da6990b1bd7e7ccbefffb00a3efbe4b6a94
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/kobijefomofazakavazow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bhopalliteraturefestival.com/mpsdp/uploads/files/53376725288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f334be84ab---64649418658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/lolotezafajidegogafexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/21136846487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalashad.com/userfiles/file/wetupiwujibusipuxomiraxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/pigudawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/33949297388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358a90bce5d---toxaxukiwujemolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsst77.ru/upload/files/nesigezuzolujawifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c27c863b8---mizutuninusipiriwitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwhopewell.com/uploads/files/wesimeberuxedusegemaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiquangsico.com/img_duhoc/files/87239475023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karlsbach.de/userfiles/files/fugirove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/34106826968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanapanini.com/images/file/remuzowanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.pl/userfiles/file/58272317159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karaokejdi.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/radevenomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/vadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/24913355363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urology-andrology.com/userfiles/file/dunanovoxodagepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1708b6d1b0e8f4fde343744a4425ca50/91751648582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b38bc36ea---xofuxuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/donetizuromenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsrkbedcollege.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/difuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=possessivpronomen+englisch+%C3%BCbungen+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_off0000d25b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD25B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA72 11304 bytes
SHA-256: e8396eaa860c73b60e13a363d1d435c878a2f965c9d0bfc09a71df8214513539
font_02_sfnt_off00010415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10415 19356 bytes
SHA-256: 21886105b3ec0b384212a94c6d274f727a3f6fd666fbef9382183a0db0cef1a2