Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adfbb74ce0b5e8c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:28:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b79491f4023eabd4b22f76f6dad79147 SHA-1: 49c8e4309517ff93f192504ede4bd0f4a5b73f70 SHA-256: adfbb74ce0b5e8c17ea4cb263e818d147b67d297993760e77a1af2f036659b55
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, including a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, potentially to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=obb+gta+5
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/kegizapujewapelawa.pdf
    • http://teranor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73384528100.pdf
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/61858950552.pdf
    • http://nessie-vinylcare.com/file/vurixa.pdf
    • http://lyzph.com/userfiles/file/Fl202109080050056364.pdf
    • http://okna-dvere-online.cz/media/upload/upload/file/77423834830.pdf
    • http://cloudinfo01.smartevolve.com/images/ckeditor/files/81895027605.pdf
    • http://spreewaldpension-luebben.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/67693691505.pdf
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72032802848.pdf
    • https://wwa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95375766695.pdf
    • http://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/38388425434.pdf
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/56451651825.pdf
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/35312498437.pdf
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/16800990967.pdf
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/17284110840.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tk3do70qm4h0pcq3fdc7ftrhdf/pijijeje.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f91e24062---69219506964.pdf
    • https://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53709300051.pdf
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/gadaxiserekifetifo.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/73613039637.pdf
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/62178809092.pdf
    • https://jensbrode.de/files/file/49983715458.pdf
    • http://cjmfgxfollow.morefriendship.com/upload/files/93551856777.pdf
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb3d2cb956---41361672441.pdf
    • https://yocarbroker.com/upload/ckfinder/files/59297020847.pdf
    • https://ddmmaze.altruistictech.org/documents/img/upload/files/23041699726.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_off0000e9d5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000101e7.bin
10ad726119c40fec92a25ccc211ea71417ec43ef144ac8f961a14d373306abcc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E7 18460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131b7.bin
a454381adcbb5bfcd0f400a87fc41317dc7d4dcbfe831510ce5b68ff38d45750
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131B7 9820 bytes