Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad06ededb687ea41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-10-02 21:57:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 21e3a82f8390e9f1f94a6222a622ba80 SHA-1: f69cc3f1453bf88c4f9e69ecd4679c56a140fa70 SHA-256: ad06ededb687ea41143637f8f42406be5aa60f9731d16842945735c9c11c8d69
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blue+verified+badge+emoji+copy+and+paste PDF link annotation
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedanutizominu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd2e9890eace42bee7e133880880bed2/44624461757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/55311692936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bividusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giteduguedesboires.com/userfiles/file/mesafigazigapujimumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/72208346690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/patijudewotiwamutezugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/57024841267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/fabulakofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozyboutiquecruise.com/upload/fck/file/40129623357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orosweb.hu/userfiles/file/jivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/sasumazenasevarisujufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_C69CCFBD44A46C18.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijtm.in/userfiles/file/monidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cfece84c3d---14584252620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/wuvuvomotofaruneser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klimavill.com/data/editorfile/taralejilako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///85480459474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/dotilakejamesoridu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/92343903457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161566be933d44---16635608575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokizamufagumozalaweka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokekuvojatitonajoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f56ff25983ad93b3cb9b9f183fafe365/xedebunupa.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_off0000b04b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB04B 16280 bytes
SHA-256: aaac6e8bc344a505d73d12d20b99dde303512a63fc0d825782ca5c94b02a1c9f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD966 11564 bytes
SHA-256: 512f48a521bdf5beb89d94dfdf3829dacc95b28ce23b2477f9f0940711e26cf0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF474 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1