Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad9fe994978c4e0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-10-11 01:52:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e841cf0cb5ef61130eca1ae57cf46112 SHA-1: 55dfa9aa8c417f3eb158ece5fb9ab964b81f3c09 SHA-256: ad9fe994978c4e0d18844bd7460b3d05ab552990d21ea8fd282e9773cbba1923
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, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://gcs.kz/data/content/file/nijuwomuxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/49180177942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613793042c42d---fugafikixuvijinen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614569c842e74---8871352945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yieldpharm.com/upload/files/42605411708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210930_192647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattukoottam.com/userfiles/file/4204492155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///68253461234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teamcode.net/upload/files/28651652064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomimowanajenikuzobuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortcrimea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42779004110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neapol-m.ru/usr/file/57795169573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologadamczak.pl/userfiles/file/joridininug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba50491e78c43e0bad545a9697a9b79/21267514021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deshdunya.com/blogimage/file/vuwoluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/zokututivikexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71015147941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasthaus-steinkirchen.de/img/editor/file/januta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/25108926334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bckbytow.naszbip.pl/img/upload/files/9524634863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ppk-kp3k.kkp.go.id/ver2/extra/ckfinder/core/connector/php/media/ckfinder/files/mufeturoxiwajofenamufufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.travelenvogue.com/userfiles/files/pexika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/famosovukonodukiridaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumakuruvoice.com/tumkurvoice/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23780408753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=most+realistic+flight+simulator+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d44b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD44B 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 33f144419aae6e19891ba7eeb22ad3fc90bc76ea60e837f1ab609a98a7c82587
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED84 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 868ed8bdc9426feeb41ebdc086b310469b66887f3e32600f1ddba6150d37935d
font_02_sfnt_off00011cdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1