Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abd8185590498218…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 13:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 41de49dad48f31908048d5f9a0cb326c SHA-1: aff96402cbfbdaee75300e4de522dbeca832f0fd SHA-256: abd81855904982181c245a7ceda1b56e9bbf80fac302d3505388c04db40f4a42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to direct users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+should+a+doorbell+be+wired PDF link annotation
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d85997fed---38196471770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/62981865120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/32960538614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/97546393017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/7915439071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b43c7c147fc2bfbf42d0bd6f625c224/82913074569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6bc12c2f3---60393681111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zilekedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160f97d27ed3a8---29340664425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/84855880360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610116de6458c---gawixenenanelegimorejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080022de3a9c---96605305257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61ee3d44862b1270ca923a8838da298/40723330691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifcudeq3bs1m7eqn1r3n006rjd/pemoxigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/fotowarukanorejigagidoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/5118830316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mottaing.eu/userfiles/files/muvewame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/sixizuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/1468368475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_CDBCE1ED84D28200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760eb9eaea6---45074505097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/samfu8h20343ftaiqe1a27ok6g/19525533411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092331ac734a---50358087948.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_off00019442.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19442 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 7ec7e71959efff6122219ddb8a49aafd80621db676fd4fdc2d0cd20408652b3a
font_01_sfnt_off0001c302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C302 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001db19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DB19 10460 bytes
SHA-256: cddabe46b6fbc657a39c1477e8998dbbba6f3e59e1b31245d5de4e137aedbf4e