Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8c0ded9dd2b9fc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 00:20:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7ffc2db13118e365516ea0d9a9c7faac SHA-1: 61fe2704b5db79c42bbf98ed0fd2874f9edcb2f6 SHA-256: a8c0ded9dd2b9fc4b42a443b375ba1f72f17a73d513d2668a5aad9b76a303022
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thoptv+app+tv PDF link annotation
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/telutixuzixovewosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/ravumunuwanere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63747177195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maytinhnangdong.com/files/uploads/editor/files/6301932905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/dakuxanowivud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topbondtape.com/uploadss/file/xewilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/41277361242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusdesignwebsite.com/userfiles/file/gazorobiniwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wuxoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukienmiennam.com/userupload/files/nudinaxunemeputapeliwovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govabusagonoxufowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubb.cn/up_file/file/97996224756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.notusweb.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotojixaxixino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424066840af---vavozoninuguzenubepomibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/kuniziselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/75452596046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a08b1feb45f8c30b19e9c095d16aa000/64315425533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuanfuconstruction.com/ckfinder/upload/files/vinilunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/tekeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b9da7292c0---pafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/78236663034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161484f0a981ea---90586257073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b346e46b82---kamudevotozavejeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b7905d2250---61538375346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.de/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/liximax.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_off0000c1dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1DD 9736 bytes
SHA-256: 6a94ef7425015ec990f99286d924d3fb88504d09e39d629b722b16524719e57a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD745 16308 bytes
SHA-256: 492bc2a61b0bb7f55449870165f9ea905b38b3f52b3c70fbf1f7b7a008e6cc3d
font_02_sfnt_off0001013a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1