Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ada41315dd67ee49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-10-07 06:24:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 602d77b5febd2d1405dc2722b3886c28 SHA-1: 8130b0a5f0e918a0a415eaa59318f99b404894f2 SHA-256: ada41315dd67ee49c9c0de585dff7a2b56644b351383937cd26c4557e3a99ff7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is structured as a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unparalleled+meaning+in+tamil
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/leziwabusegiguwe.pdf
    • http://satyavnetworks.com/fck_upload_images/file/68338371932.pdf
    • http://yingtailong.com/upload/file/210919080733182944bi98ixhhgikj.pdf
    • https://path.mn/userfiles/files/zosogixenowija.pdf
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taken.pdf
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/vuzotofesidaluvupevata.pdf
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f75a5473df846f4a75477d74b19c160b/xupawudasifaweba.pdf
    • http://elskup.pl/images/assets/file/kinexatana.pdf
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28051877310.pdf
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/91188624175.pdf
    • http://hytechcommunications.com/userfiles/file/tamipotubodarojamafemuge.pdf
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/59560927726.pdf
    • https://kudusde.org/resimler/files/disifoxavomokorupakes.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613717da065f3---74576159547.pdf
    • https://safetyhanoi.com/userfiles/file/kofuxamiwuwovezofewuleduz.pdf
    • http://topoint.net/userfiles/fckFile/20211006073628.pdf
    • https://loppisidjupdalen.se/images/uploaded/file/8025483768.pdf
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/3712027015.pdf
    • http://gomsuhoangminh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/26627490168.pdf
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/25371953378.pdf
    • http://thrifthelp.com/flash/thrifthelp.com/file/jididetuvuwufijago.pdf
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/vafiburuwolazifokibulo.pdf
    • https://lacaune.hu/userfiles/file/88825668234.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613759161af83---63238814683.pdf
    • https://www.suep.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasedamo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebfc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001040e.bin
924d3ada451f09d9fcd46240de61e41838f2f92d90efede15aa399604b8df8c3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040E 20956 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ade.bin
f9a673aa223cf75a28e83375a5e800495efc7c569b8ea534f469ee9b74bc8361
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADE 10456 bytes