Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad18929ab425c5eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:43:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e4840b78bff2699ef656d55998dcfdf0 SHA-1: 4340d5cc0d7866db167e60cdb002f0130dd6ddf0 SHA-256: ad18929ab425c5ebf275e85e9756d3f4037a18bfa1ee214744fe49fabebb4afa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites 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 executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://tuderprogettazione.it/userfiles/files/40064406918.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eco-translation.ca/upload/editor/file/jodugodagazaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/202198103630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/zopokixedujumupinawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://severstroysnab.ru/userfiles/file/gipebedizonivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/29252061420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f25045eee---desenezubulivovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///madazidirosedalavisefas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/472f0f3ccda55d4891747453eecc48f7/60252513614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yushendesign.com/images_fck/file/1631103302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fe7b037d86e9328333e5aa6bcc74d62/7635549806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads/files/202109060023327209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/16916232334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/47016293672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613191c446aa9---mazupawixumugazozizuxuzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umbabox.com/userfiles/file/fejoninogakorigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/43267619131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/somufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392fd972359---73485161119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdekdyjak.cz/data/vosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rcoh3dhdavk4e0n9adn88fg5b/bumemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905105340752664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/50544251706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalihemp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24803898998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/popoloronolufebetowok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=best+tablet+for+lineage+osPDF 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_off0000b9de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9DE 10580 bytes
SHA-256: ab7887da36de4d7614e599df49c59928fca2afe5ed2a3f8496240f6b8cff4940
font_01_sfnt_off0000d22d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD22D 15928 bytes
SHA-256: b34206a72df3590bb9e2cacbc649873b169eed9a77ea81ed3321da6131cd6413
font_02_sfnt_off0000fafc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1