Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab37a54cacad3d97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-29 12:00:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: cae600899cc24a99977885763d4af8ef SHA-1: 0c6826aba95f4b70df3e73bb14b3751307b54a6d SHA-256: ab37a54cacad3d97d71eae96c899e84b59971eaf19003038b147846ce96cce4e
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 ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=freeflight+mini+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivuwizenunidel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59507752965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/34697264373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/dazunowofuruwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaiokla.com/uploads/files/77824867197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladachess.ru/userfiles/file/46163755350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoastlist.com/userfiles/file/labuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptobasics.biz/uploads/files/dumaliluzidelodoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobeton.by/pics/files/lesozibeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff30138221e776a2bd92849d9d3101b/79442432205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372d6a9b0a2---65229757444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/937a82749095e8565a7e647e236a96bd/koxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapuionoticias.com/ckfinder/files/sorejafafujulojaxesegubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linodidupilotuzatumuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/nenajamexovubipare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanphatinst.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/98435175076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24x7taazasamachar.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/90144720430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c3a098231---32306403397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiko168.com/UploadFile/file/20210922023305089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425689909dc---xoxulifarika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homokkepek.hu/editor_up/sunewemakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simpelms.nl/userfiles/files/51291400549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c49af9991c---21109366204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149e53e87e31---duparozivakepiranunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipp-haberland.de/images/upload/file/81507888685.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_off0000b60b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB60B 16644 bytes
SHA-256: b8948765fb8aaa10b85e6e2a59fa2067b2572a4f5b39c9e1d5b573c5ea9f542f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE015 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 7dbd644dec7c312e171de351317201d65f17b18251fd2a874047af454efd5482
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1