Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8a029d32a4c490a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:30:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1bcea0182f703e2727925e313e57ee07 SHA-1: 0e54ba7d825ca0cb9bab1a37887ab50e465c79d8 SHA-256: c8a029d32a4c490aa647fa2b2bea2fb235342a499ce9be12ef234cea3bf1b7f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nba+2k16+obb PDF link annotation
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/98323128506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/57923116077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/zabovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/xodivudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1646a8159ad70f03027ae57a59daf7ac/zatotetibotomimedetunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/pamiwiwavodevitofisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydchem.cn/filespath/files/20210914073307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkontakt.pl/dat/file/51537739183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socardan.com/userfiles/files/wedimaxurajolesobedibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54aa108fbd4873f94902edf1f2c80800/konesemumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilocom.net/webroot/img/files/1669968601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgc.to/sites/web/upload/files/migegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/88190528548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8917954911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qualityfirstservices.pro/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/wujefununekigosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.cl/files/50213184055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614546033bf49---voritewibubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/juvazimebupikelowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xycrusher.com/d/files/8686556484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28664456817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/53586734981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jafofuke.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_off0000daf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF302 17796 bytes
SHA-256: e642d49e1557dc1302dfc7c3bce181dc0eab71d3eb886b7bef427e6307d70b2a
font_02_sfnt_off00012093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12093 9912 bytes
SHA-256: 1d88b0440a1b3e14ab46c68c33acd9a15537ab6244bc168fe43a152e140a6cd5