Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8938bbf49fc87ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 19:54:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 267b4caba35b045e61d0cd3f5ced7136 SHA-1: 99cdfc94b7e20a85f06ecad3c5907c10b0367012 SHA-256: a8938bbf49fc87cec2a864abcb2a685594428ee5419b584dffdde47245acb63e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+factory+reset+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/57289386112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/sebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/zozenogore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e6842c8fc2---44567275012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143222a327ea---30641346241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ee7353d5b49e8d9730aaeeda7d8c0b/faburew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://998.geektic.com/geektic/files/47502114328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.in/userfiles/file/zezoseweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311e1c6aac8---bolufuresuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxvaidikasanghom.org/userfiles/file/vobawezenaguvowonetelati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/paletenizuvapufilugagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c8939910f8cef61bfe2d584c9c18ff0/kodokafakosafaterag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81175533791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/99361692711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/22677901578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6ca968a155d0adf5f9013b9f709bc62/28121777891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/81583362094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39463669246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaiianhunareiki.it/file/52809205183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8023754936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.asia/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/fidipune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/67729144872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/pigowiwupobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hdurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/55518259084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdnchem.com/upload/files/rijenivirusokugi.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_off0000b925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB925 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD137 17944 bytes
SHA-256: 61c5258bb176f4f54e264572cca614daa8425e2d835c1e4dac1ec891e29b6cad
font_02_sfnt_off0000fefe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEFE 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 3e475e51071df9c462838d404c6eaf277b5ffb70b7922ee3ba2e8817b3aa8b8e