Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad409ea443d01fc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:18:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3167f9c694a4288e57980a296bf0722f SHA-1: d947e6e3dad1158601b2e97732c54c7ad590b185 SHA-256: ad409ea443d01fc4a3200783779d2ee0de2a7eaf8ca4acb161c7a77e763d707d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. These elements suggest the document is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://nurugelexport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranekedelaxoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://instit.ac/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87687025894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriagasthiyarastro.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/pupedimige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/76499115691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermandadperdon.es/userfiles/file/zebatopiroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c6c914d81e98497056eafbbd7a7b31c/89726271201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/60827288557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8fd3eadb6---31232179533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egyptlance.com/userfiles/file/xujuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146dd5fb1e6a---76677417679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eikenhorstgroep.nl/userfiles/file/62049687704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/tolunetasatipaxamaveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-monster.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/67155363645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/viderewixokewatuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/93573851069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/26579707849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/16343209479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53999236136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tw-itemaos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6828901888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/17238406074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/wuwuzuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zoliputizutegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65939365563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7dd4354feac0dbbb3625fdc3fe08ab4/14494347491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xinpayflow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuketivusevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/tafuwowobusupidakivegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+crystal+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000c515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC515 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 9c82937c8549294339166b781cb53de02b2a960c914a43a3062261c71eec3077
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F7 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 2389a6e63aba448642588374c6d6bd37a23ee788b59e75ca97013aee718fe3fd
font_02_sfnt_off00010c3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1