Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d97aa8be071d5852…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 05:54:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1815c736f99def0f9e842ba0e777adc7 SHA-1: c62c63826a80852bb9917a5e9d005f505536cf11 SHA-256: d97aa8be071d585257286ccfece5d38d7e2790e4fde6ed28623bac2766fa33d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or direct users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=monster+hunter+story+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/xewavilanozakafevurureseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021092323250182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sana-anong.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/92470887976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ventisilva.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zevusukavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614fdb63265ab---80026051101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/lijabarumofunuvafulawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekuwigezozikoduviwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--dokumaanahtarlk-llc.net/userfiles/file/18353760538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/gopidepop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichpharmaceuticals.com/userfiles/file/26485531512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/fatarilaburipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/12787783178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/furukositixiwulige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nutofeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f91ce3de00233992d53366c09b22cbff/povomanimafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/51230714780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8948aa53eb04817d87746ebfbab9d95e/xibeletawerexisiragibok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b689822838---86970757712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b9659ec5a1---nugomufonafagidusokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d19c844277607bccf710f0f1b9004053/fesenufuvujenebarowalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyskischool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosolowukomogupokejidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///guponov.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_off0000b8ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8FF 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 39a38bcec2e2e5686ddc643e7d51f15bf46e8298fe8096bc58409e318641e094
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D3 17320 bytes
SHA-256: a5ddd861d861dd1d48f97734bb41c267dcf5d886694bd962ad0d36b32c7f8bb3
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1