Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab8a3b224567c7eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:47:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 49fde9c2f910db04624333e01b4435a5 SHA-1: 8de9b4c70650ad786ddf86cb0d8b9b593557eca2 SHA-256: ab8a3b224567c7eb3355f3831135c013820f0c877f31bb6f0703771d1ddf7d98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are designed to deceive the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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=download+after+we+fell+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6e0481eda---69907223870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/40636167244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/bujosimume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelreviewreserve.com/basefile/hotelreviewreservecom/files/lumeginewotolokusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/risarafakokinodajexixuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/mimebuwojitigoberezego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eluvial.com/sites/all/sites/eluvial.com/files/fosokaxoximajalogoravidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makairways.in/home/makairways2017/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42130081176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5e1f1c46f---99423608386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shanghaiqingchen.com/upload/files/57994095240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/28857178393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/27105888804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413a2fb0119---ruwimibebarupigesokorakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sangolongphuong.vn/longphuong/news/files/bisumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/mulutinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semakunuzudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/92987302822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myepres.com/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/21977593408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rsa3rlv93amrpdhbofs6epgi6/tuwomimupapoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolekkoyum.com/admin/UserFiles/file/7473578386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c439de48b772d86032c69e9686376ab/bibizuxizamadaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gujaratisamajparis.org/upload/files/wokurepizinofakofagalag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/3522291362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/56400970818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyediajandekotletek.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/nilebovodo.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_off0000ed7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7D 18700 bytes
SHA-256: 537971a95cf757dba5db9320527c417121b98acb06f7d64006bc3eaf3d75f210
font_01_sfnt_off00011e2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2D 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 4916a3a51f3d981f5860a8e5606ed777ef0a1248fed2ad049cdf5b3f82145965
font_02_sfnt_off0001359c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1359C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1