Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8e072b9ba0258da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:28:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9d7190a775b3e8b2eda7d542a859dbe5 SHA-1: 7241c2acd83075d0e7d759cd963ba8fb4818d5ba SHA-256: a8e072b9ba0258da9cd6f07fb982c6cbabde91ad3d067fa0509aed6faeaf29bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress uploads and link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+shaders+ios+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f575de247e---33680028358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/55821565484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021090909210373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pass38.com/images/contentimages/files/muzowininuxezomixiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/mitaxoriroxitipipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/55106934018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/zobusakeluluxuvusiwodure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/52646142436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161345c39c021f---migedexedajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgelc.com/userfiles/file/20210901075221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.afmiletisimajansi.info/resimler/files/407004670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttfi.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/46173427602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/24917424730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/437fecd16a79b6198b10c81c28e4ba5b/46865534959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/93436952147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f3c45f23f---76010136639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/71684508724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/suzitixanebisejifizutot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perila-vrn.ru/userfiles/file/nisabumonakepumivovera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyandwowbook.com/upload/file/finuzuzelexezexelododi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopguepes72.fr/userfiles/file/81178299580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvm.net/upload/ckfinder/files/saliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/46663243396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hk-delight.com/UploadFiles/file/53999100407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b778801ae8704ad965baa1eedef8814/74545611199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsitecomvn.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/naxumatoniwiwokeluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/gupakasizugedi.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_off0000e4ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AD 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 4491a0f3e85fd628e557da6e49e957346b4d481d9bdaee3c5e72e249dc55b7eb
font_01_sfnt_off000110d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D7 10760 bytes
SHA-256: cbfe99aecc13203c2dcfc042298c75b8c1daf01833531eb95f285d32bed3ada7
font_02_sfnt_off0001299b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1