Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd981b670a46afb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-13 16:19:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0810729cea021205eb90f10691f17695 SHA-1: c2724360f8fb58499db171376081631f17f05994 SHA-256: cd981b670a46afb7782faa58276fac6e5fb3f9f1c68ebe6a221d720fb4c7b358
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate 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 0.9925

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://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kijezufuzezujukubavi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/fijemomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/16930852684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-6-5/20210605043042489331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f09bb97c2714f6ebc144f48953053ae/nazuroniku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/22557790885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/60598420507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/tisixapazokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/favabizarugovibusigenola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/budesokononawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a5f8737cb---83768350708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c73be83198---60120725623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gubq8pqbkf158desj20eosmpgf/26714417154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/jafejokaveviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/88708856101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-communications.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garizopazuvozudowifakiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1eb37af3fd---87938582727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f091eb3afa481c761dbbd0e78e1a0a17/latozono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/67719540597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/95916572815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b9cb71e23---fupatatufaxexiwakuxudinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608763b47fbac---momiwadiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/11327302723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/nowukemujixezolabetugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvmnotarissen.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/57572690253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a46292152---duwagozige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=intelig%C3%AAncia+emocional+pdf+augusto+curyPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000de0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE0C 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 34010f19f1b1b64c187d9a0d99f82b6b58b367df5d685966142e20ffa75c7a43
font_01_sfnt_off0000f813.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF813 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11025 18680 bytes
SHA-256: 98e43173042d75bf170eb4eb2b1513adfab1cae1c5ef2f2c51a02a54a3509fe1