Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d264d3e5affeaf61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:06:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8b488d0d6ee20ae28a9e6deb7321ae75 SHA-1: f96214b89e8f9a4c3469e4199fd6789d9b21413d SHA-256: d264d3e5affeaf61c7cca9f9a33b8c0433cae4cee728e3fe4bb72bb513b54447
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=energy+detection+of+unknown+deterministic+signals+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sbkf.org/files/files/37048743274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccjsc.com/images/uploads/files/jilerexogijumawabodoxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc3c0cb16b---vugokusegemoduseripidodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bktll1kef1qcqk3g2qmrmm2ki/dojawuwadatatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bcce18d71---gegutubefamakone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0794ccc65f246221c2f408ae312b765c/20641018696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcockeysville.com/uploads/files/24969846751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/dewawupezujozatawepujebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotigaveluseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/mexevazezafawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonere.shop/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/56556976292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/pezolepenegadodifazuruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaa5076d2dbfb929bc89bf9ae815aa59/23387095258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/62165324920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/27133769404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71007d1022---dokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/fixunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulhb45mmuk8stoumgfotgmvaer/godolorivapofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhtaitung.com/CKEdit/upload/files/44521797827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85718726646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/82534041277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781597e7c14---55383151788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9e0c2e967---65376620450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/muzexi.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_off0000b9ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9AB 16808 bytes
SHA-256: 0ce30bb4c748310a4179341dce940cab6af44df0ba1c47cc8846b52de5ce2e19
font_01_sfnt_off0000e51c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51C 11340 bytes
SHA-256: bd27bf8f90573e23008b722c21e33e09b2e82bce963528709197ae4c50087924
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1