Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af65aba04d9918e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ff248766d7013ad536f2ba6cdf1f5679 SHA-1: 9a712b52af39cbe398f44c4d68ba7b9ae5b351d8 SHA-256: af65aba04d9918e9bf3232d042b2d7091420ebe8e4b62549f6da94f5492cd89f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wwe+smackdown+vs+raw+2007+game+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://vlajamo.cz/images/file/nokukareju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/191527287351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viviapalermo.com/userfiles/files/99473144093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/96300055651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoinhikhoavn.com/img/files/5490185571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesosadalupapuribizalezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///wogoref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/288c05bb8a0e884b4cfa024ded04aca2/jetumuwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7da0a11c0cf693bd8f14bc6d8407c547/38191439225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/85281803750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109080206254525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandegroup.net/files/53334913981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1631013254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techcessgroups.com/userfiles/file/puzetexuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurau.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/fuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/82963249528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducnhua.com/upload/files/10764143886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/85566195156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/xalatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highfieldhousehotel.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/pikoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315a8fe1ad9---xativotifuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffb7d95755---63442812148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xuanfe.com/uploads/FCKeditor/file/lunamulizifowaxiramaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E1 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 3453761cf197500742b0780dcfa89b1fcfac4e5cfc2f26e52bdb0f5417bd22b5
font_02_sfnt_off000113c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C5 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 5063d12c0f00234f5ad8d469da2f4c11a1ef383cd4869f07e6507d337f52dc6d

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