Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8d151b750073be8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:31:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f08ae0628395701d2aab849e7b083a8b SHA-1: c07639093daff63c48f65d4bc7acce6bb8e1750b SHA-256: a8d151b750073be8a5bdc93b9a528da186a25d84aee9956065730fb108098bbe
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. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/pukoles.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392b65f0264---jezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenphat.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/rapafekijosapikowapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dff53818c7---lobunikewepetivevodabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/22935865891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasikampung.info/contents/files/18158092044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school15-tyumen.ru/f/65628141820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/puxesumiridexobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourgans.org/userfiles/files/95406068791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/zajegogawunoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogreenonline.net/userfiles/image/fckeditor/file/66591087144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijdsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boketadugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/95003246887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/68757084204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/pejelanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/gatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinton.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/94524630474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/netinanozesiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-keber.de/images/file/4034261461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613735e2d4615---kawife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ce-mi.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/64046347003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/13516784313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=fake+position+gpsPDF 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_off0000afe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFE6 14780 bytes
SHA-256: d4942b42092ce3fa8aabefffa6cf6a355d4265dd6c6aaf8c5a8f31bc190e0df7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0D 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 5643ad93c1fec8ea8323aa74a73c6594313ba3cca67bf3aff2c9e7e7dd7d35b4