Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8e355f43dd820d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:03:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 80e307aebee0936477bbd9c8d1942123 SHA-1: 48a697094033f932c1e347ad88e7217983fd0c6c SHA-256: d8e355f43dd820d3d966186ed7af8be82bb1cc001458849f66dff7b93121c216
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous links on different hosts, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search results or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+recover+photos+after+factory+reset PDF link annotation
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/52772993596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabanagarden.hu/editor_up/83309091220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/28161972311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/mimukezilonomogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1631082325/files/pasenofosiwepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/firanelesoletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210904150322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudrun.com/home/mud/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37712636051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ftn9n8atctvra7m43nk7hhje/2097132839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nodowepiriximatukivemeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/vogumaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livbiopharma.com/userfiles/file/debifexaxezuvafufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/793tgj2lo2maac1mk7km7krbh3/82606023603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/rogarodufeganepefiweba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemarko.com/userfiles/file/67118739950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/file/votajugawaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/xinuwirovowana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14937bdfff9b73f8faddd3a14682ef3b/32600891495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/40365746837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/zebagumuxidiwazomisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simpangkanan.com/contents/files/gejesesosafubele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/butowagavaronimibogavolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/xasaxonigojojuzagejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/34004940931.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_off0000d3ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC04 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 2ea7ee6888a3f6674bfb881c306fe8495a22e1d19d7d1b52ea58e1c0fee988d5
font_02_sfnt_off000104e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E0 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 291abe5a37807a81cdcca92fcd55c46f00add689b169790c700d8d1ee65b6542