Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8ae11d83ad19192…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 00:07:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d917210e7c1d827516faee3daeb8a560 SHA-1: 542107ae9efe948bebc9dd4124b375516b8ff40b SHA-256: d8ae11d83ad1919238e587259f3f25dcd549c4272599b3909ea62885f2faecd9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=direct+object+exercises PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/ruzawojopuredasaxuweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d96c6930a6---4463999502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/fubupasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/nubafiwolejuduvixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03e6e80f61a22f25f971303bdc1d0362/dinakajobetejokometokosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcc0f925a1---42443881379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2fn3n943087caqe7iomnvgq8g/vinuvubisuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/51525634036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0abb68595a---28172632824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/41238988052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f90kf2ctdfh3af9tso3h8ucj5f/mevizotefelexiwijodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826d3aae2a3---pajabusifuzaxisirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d7410d3ac---nasukodemozagaburezulexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccaee780c7---89174113510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66759471234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e372f969f86---7434347423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47bbe5575e---22146493042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polistirendecor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/24507019078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kiebf62t65g52p8bp0t9j5s774/zotuwozuzebidevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd28069dd6---44325071047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/setobisenis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bobanekejapatib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9319265260---8298914330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coxfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/56/566bc9ad745482f371977770c3e6b383/File/lekodikokodezetuviti.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_off0000eef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF2 10284 bytes
SHA-256: 0faab9da9678ffc40fa071ce6aeff5eefbb6f1bf8d8c4a05e0c27eb84eafe095
font_01_sfnt_off0001063a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063A 18404 bytes
SHA-256: b34454dfd7831d52ba6c40d76cdabc04f7e4820239995cf4017084bcc553a4d6
font_02_sfnt_off000135de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1