Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8ec2c4d0622a2c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 21:36:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 968230819218f0c49be15343e51030f7 SHA-1: 0e98d5b0593d8007b9bbc87f32cb48ea178beec1 SHA-256: a8ec2c4d0622a2c18e72ab20492f3a613a8517093a90db1063e3a5737f12f2af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) indicates a likely mechanism for executing malicious code or redirecting the user.

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+laila+majnu+full+movie PDF link annotation
    • http://delfosventures.net/userfiles/files/9057771007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614337a2a7e38---vulor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenda-v-novosibirske.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezusixenabigurupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omnoiptv.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/lataputotigunuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/zunaluwepovajeloripe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/84242956075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210905020037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feminella.ro/upload/fck/papapemexaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atccs3.it/atccs3/fckeditor/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54568646198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjchenxing.com/filespath/files/20210904162026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bauarch.bg/files/1385540984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanhbon.vn/media/ftp/file/42828533286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/tekeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/pofogexelepixome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iraneto.com/basefile/iranetocom/files/2095239750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/15810577555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/davasuxirapiler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/nubetukasiguwulifivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fa754e6dfa---mexite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/51542472525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161447bdebc946---13081158082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/35256260359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/tojosufijafugufebebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/88487863883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sifigelebogalusiko.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_off0000b618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB618 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 89519c26a245033a83d4dc41dd29d1febdb114af4e87475a7213b69c76a1eb0b
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD76 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 856aaa536d2a53df55b378fba0872ae621b9e6dde9aff98545cad240a544757f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1