Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2ad633302921916…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:47:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e739934323ea8468967834dfbe6bf44a SHA-1: 20aa42b68694b890dea6a11a0e482dc010b03bf1 SHA-256: d2ad6333029219165603146a64a60309613c83ccaa7fd0306aaab4daad7b1e81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=creamy+ranch+mashed+potatoes PDF link annotation
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/rifajuwaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/12448422240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/9281748709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/viwopemuput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/83656936412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822e8c84b33---51833054667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efa121f87d---60710051030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/74517958939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb8e47336b355cdd06a8e817f7dcc24/80459401450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppies-4u.com/clients/e/e7/e7f09595da74c05d2059c741134300d2/File/xapesomozexilunexemunubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3c1d01954---6220704371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/80476253771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec96935d6c---vuxakejenujiroverofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae3a49576f---25629721212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalavto.ru/userfiles/file/ravukanuzafenivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/59742142715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/67347160523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/lodolisuvizixaxiziluwasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f06afc65f75---9034696031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsgm8rmn7es4hji9tahf9r0hqa/zitekawuxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/27277166280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/37320202156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.com/upload/files/59735093262.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_off0000c23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC23D 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 552850fee2e2be0635ce805b0953d9a34a3de9b53470d49c87627e8aaab50065
font_01_sfnt_off0000daf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF5 17232 bytes
SHA-256: c169c8dcab0f5c8990edd492f76a04dfa28e175ff46781dec609d869578f5317
font_02_sfnt_off000107a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1