Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad6a3d0c5dbaf214…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 15:59:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 052ee644c06b8cc3305aa4e920e005ab SHA-1: 38f1cf4a94c437ff1258efe088b341f9db126cd9 SHA-256: ad6a3d0c5dbaf214e4862cbd0cf260d46f582c7b980816db7dd9bdf7e1e39462
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing or trojan payload. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload or redirecting the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://yuvasarkar.org/userfiles/file/41844435162.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/bagete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lombardpruszkow.pl/local/userfiles/file/pivevusutifasitufawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nujawavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/81388067284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/79686724335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents/files/76605504302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133dab20921c---26827476221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/degokurerupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79cc4f24a10fedc240b5e467af951a2b/lewivemuzoxexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezokniga.com/uploads/file/bejonobametivodanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26776768456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38420973673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/xopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/95815445578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasermedia.cn/userfiles/file/mugopagexeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/33688212946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jan-fotografie.nl/upload/files/69877274497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liily.jp/upload/file/20210911112008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec7082473eeac8379ebb0732bc8a0c8/28546832357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luseguwedere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibsdhc.hpds.work/ecdemo/web/js/ckfinder/files/files/45456038269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ixiu-23.com/uploads/files/202108312130541062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarenpinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/86261744409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.huaikrachaohospital.go.th/assets/global/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romivaxesimavazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/32387418711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/vugugonetijari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=assembly+language+book+pdf+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_off0000da91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A8 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 827e11bb8e45b09ad9689c3a7fd2d7a79a4c8c0660b65ebc1e4b8a0a53d2d6d9
font_02_sfnt_off00010c1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1E 18160 bytes
SHA-256: 11b41085e81f59b93dc86ea71dc383504114d32cb3be8812295f5a74310fb2cb