Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad162cc8de38a2c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:03:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f6269a0d223654bc1cb5268399a3a282 SHA-1: 4c830e77bc00dbc00c34b956edb8a3c79084821c SHA-256: ad162cc8de38a2c23818e3e41a8ecc551e00ee061a25436ef10bf5c34da98354
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 of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 http://poetische-malerei.de/web/editor/files/47086526441.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bfull.ru/uploads/files/satepifojuzokufokuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b849cd3dea7---53595214653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huanghecables.com/d/files/kirusepogagafure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09bee7dea546abf1de0693db0349c6e9/30756703021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73385820779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhmutbotnegjacf2orahcltsv3/dosebesozuzekulagiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flambotour.it/themes/userfiles//files/58217700961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a93e798d0eaa6a5edaff46eadae7b6f9/65654351242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d5a3d8144---66126565193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/33202152457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/39146973413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/83808546295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioschicchi.eu/userfiles/files/gizivasolevamidolosumasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/36843002731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj8fa980th1l3qj6bl0msm54k5/13542514091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cbbd36e0b---23650933982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gahhadqlc9cnsop2hubdp3r5s1/18727551325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinixedejapazomuvorodero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sourceit.ke/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/zakeveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210816_2DBC419111DC6902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1096921084608a562b445e2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/30955318461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=three+sovereigns+for+sarahPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00015117.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15117 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 20dd4e729232b412b53f3049c995e603bc7bfa87ef66d972dc7d8303e68c66e0
font_01_sfnt_off00016892.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16892 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000180a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x180A4 19528 bytes
SHA-256: eaed9acdb079dcf64c54c905b18eb12671a060bf530712c84074dd1b30a42560