Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad00367050de54e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-08-16 21:41:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0296ff1267f24393e7343bb1b834d97f SHA-1: 0a74b9d32233bf0e3209154d0bd2321f5c08f09e SHA-256: ad00367050de54e435679bdf8fc9aff14f4b86ffef94fa51a52feaddb0127069
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate redirection or further payload delivery. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fisiolog%C3%ADa+de+la+conducta+carlson+12+edici%C3%B3n+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/gebesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/576fbc0bb494e73a46f7e11f5a5cf4a9/81112679308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/jujibekakumidamenukekar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bf1644f20---sebozamadovupojurav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/xazexoxonelalerukafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/xadesudanenuxenil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be1aeb8026---pikigalozalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vuf8pibm3icn1arhfe1hfguu36/87485367742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff74f1dc3d0---57246176593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/6879594529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/22804352500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0739448a68f9c46877d9c8af0f6d5103/gamunerakeparurugon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/20597342709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepdaitruongphat.com/upload/ck/files/finafakatukadisuteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/28314144230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4d9b20ebc---35541366496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210614123556457806ynu7yw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d99868b02ebd1a1887bb5e2e8bd433d/vofolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sname.org.tw/sname/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezaxasixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1287a30128---zotamumewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c84ac6ddabd8585c15a3e9b75bbf0676/fovapufumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocnepal.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67297609530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/6083719975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833a3bb6c48---wekezalazolovitezefuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/7562962979.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_off00010724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10724 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 38c43aef8f7f45b9d386ef85978f262a950099ecaad999024f2c2dbf58ac4ac1
font_01_sfnt_off000136d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D3 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 56216153106583202c62cbcf17dc3cf78659ce35683a00d06125f878986bc7fa
font_02_sfnt_off000150e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1