Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be0925940951cdc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:20:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 74e4456212c04b564b96c49fd842f64b SHA-1: 48696a6907ebca2fea735dce28d37486444ed0ca SHA-256: be0925940951cdc35efb55d1764100990957608ac997a6c706a24b90ee8c1398
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 CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=as+a+man+thinketh+book+download PDF link annotation
    • http://cyuansheng.com/userfiles/file/dabisejunuwuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210911072736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprt1day.ru/file/55491259377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcgsgeds.friendship-match.com/upload/files/zoxinedusowisono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce20e9251a---rifotobevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23281215211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clainvest.pl/userfiles/file/45521771605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anitacalderon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8405594848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10672973506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacoma3.vn/userfiles/file/tafavizuzovidavonaditokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casaalu.com/luutru/files/36540020016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaroma.fr/upload/file/39928392851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f574514197---92552121459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodixafotififizege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dr70m0gi2f2rhqu6c63ngdq5fe/67270376797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianlanip.com/filespath/files/20210906231759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/kaperitagogenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odesignlab.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89001268912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quizai.com/uploads/files/nezadevogerogugekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasutititofopunetewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/31509296526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3sjet4e00c5s2v5msdl4d3fdn/84080271644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f6dd2f3c7---teguligezexujotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://captainkillmite.com/uploads/files/202109020814251960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badenivonajezipenamexa.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_off0000d7c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD5 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 6524f390792dde0029ec614f8bb74c0773862da63958672a25ebaa9f037cfe40
font_02_sfnt_off00011aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AA8 10712 bytes
SHA-256: fc33b21dd3821db55bb2cc87b5df7018738aae353347e8537640ec5379fe5f1e