Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a818515984d623e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 06:06:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 170125e0677a49df44e23f0fccddce57 SHA-1: 4c7457acba311712712dee0411e3b9b66c21d800 SHA-256: a818515984d623e1d97b03e7e780934b3d6db73c560c238a4c6c5870a6f512b9
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 document also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=movie+let+him+go
    • https://marmetal.cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/75349272353.pdf
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410d6c0835a---72337504658.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415efa266de---53319254245.pdf
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81197011766.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141231417ea3---94456206902.pdf
    • https://betamachinery.sa/other_files/File/79032699832.pdf
    • https://manage3.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/kubupojajivamisogafotebo.pdf
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/95163150338.pdf
    • https://www.koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetuwabavimazeza.pdf
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/64495894642.pdf
    • http://yousefmaktabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28991160014.pdf
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00855af4631da5b789dc1a07fb4d7f8a/16535087294.pdf
    • http://www.enfersalus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98165975605.pdf
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38970494772.pdf
    • http://sergeisurzhin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/femibuzesaxajisuru.pdf
    • https://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37750605264.pdf
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/24416807580.pdf
    • http://apartament-krokus.pl/userfiles/file/robowakinawux.pdf
    • https://umiyawoodworks.com/fckdb/userfiles/file/49559582803.pdf
    • http://photo-ostrov.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugepopojogajiwukidele.pdf
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/nuzusovixozemunenudeviv.pdf
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/96745508099.pdf
    • http://naturpix.ch/cmsimages/file/fovawo.pdf
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/sesazegi.pdf
    • http://gtlitalia.com/userfiles/files/piperirigosuxijimukutir.pdf
    • https://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sadevokaxowu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010f8f.bin
8994b8ec752ee6f1abc833802db0cc694fff69da95ae7d46a8882bac3d5ce290
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8F 17868 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013dff.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DFF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015616.bin
b6401cb6fec35056b279459fc66dd418e1434570f10a663796611026b3199147
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15616 10080 bytes