Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8d6176ecedb2bad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 17:17:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a1df329efba783833b63089de30f13e9 SHA-1: ef5a1d5e74c473caac5ef2de8c710d61afc92149 SHA-256: a8d6176ecedb2badff5c496304c807e79daf15687d515c9fca8e9e18966c77c6
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 are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via the linked sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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=definition+of+stoically PDF link annotation
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/sitemefubagukawosepaxigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb00335625---zivetibinudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5f5126ae3---pamod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2105022026341447797ixe1d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7358fcbef087055aeb557860bc3d06af/57034121662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a839582ad45---tiruruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fc1mintg7r1mtlotiml6q2l0m/12690300461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/teminirebewenegaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o3ltcubom45qrg1eno9t3sda3/83674804381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608587b60f0f6---fopugasakiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/11509809534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/11365799805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4459f17cd4---refowowejopuvamax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0o633tsuuhoj6dcq3oarge8doc/lunewadadugemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/46585037118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05e1297bb1faea1b5bf080bbe4576a26/mopirula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9524bd3fd5b5726b6b540fdd62442fc6/numixuxipowugamewuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61965aeed745b675e45401c2acd14860/xujitidexisolokezivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents//files/20260661254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qj2i6upmgr9ll9fr5eundvd9v2/19015422666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/90232634450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/7196254404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/59798590164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609851870001c---vilulidumezunuzaruza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210625_A9B6DF9B161DB77D.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_off00017c3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00019456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19456 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 7285afd4952254336c1f4b4363374fa7094c734a1b98e1850ff8090eb00ac9dc
font_02_sfnt_off0001abe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ABE3 24424 bytes
SHA-256: d077389fd36b90a3a8728074d007a5e9285c37cd8ef754af05f77013f5d60c61