Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cad159567f2c315b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:27:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: fa595ca5628910f1752acb17370daaff SHA-1: 35cf4cf8ef91c333c3428ae10041a08d30f7982c SHA-256: cad159567f2c315b308824bd1765d832a6d1560cfb0bf2288e0ac877f2f2891e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The primary lure appears to be related to 'phrasal verbs explanation pdf', likely a pretext to drive traffic to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=phrasal+verbs+explanation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://knauto.com/upload/file///72907864878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613915e2163de---99475147334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/64052884775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/bitefox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilateralmatters.org/userfiles/file/80797491356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161493e4461da2---94380081843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motivationandmomentum.net/ci/userfiles/files/3068227674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0da76b2bb6ffdbc8a05e79082d78441/xeliguxaloxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafebabapujitalemulela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacientes.quiroser.com/UserFilesQUI/file/20845406373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/zamili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imoroz.by/upload/file/xexexisumodavukapoluvamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161480a9340b6c---levibatozeguvetawedad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/32011973214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/ratamijekesamumolarobabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wenimubazufetijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvi-strakonice.cz/files/file/56602522165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monographie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/farosuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khoahoc.timviec365.com/picturesfiles/1060821012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/17726144091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichpharmaceuticals.com/userfiles/file/7340625748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/mabufuxozojire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijuk.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_off0000e76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF85 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 54b1ba9346ac0fbdac580c5a826c1bfc838bd9447982c6de55bc4808988e76d6
font_02_sfnt_off0001187d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187D 17936 bytes
SHA-256: b0eda6d57890115b0c2303c94557117d17da1672480435c99618e25825d6adc5