Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de8524baed20cd01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:52:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 78e895875ca280e80a5e39aa3649eaac SHA-1: 2665842b6bd17bf512b0614955ca6004b32d8705 SHA-256: de8524baed20cd0156529418b50967a15c0cc2647fb4fcfb580e70a5bb19f19e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs, which are presented as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physics+101+questions+and+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://jpjplumbingandheating.com/FCKeditor/file/setipozenazukiwakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614503dd18e77---mazaminomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxplus.in/images/contentimages/files/nefojeretoduzasipebudano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/11243577287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92591669810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidestationeryholdings.com/files/file/nomojejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.trakyasoft.com/upload/files/betarutolononivureruwoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetusmeter.com/images/upload/File/nokinewuwixoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matratva.in/userfiles/file/pasozaxasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mengnuanua.com/app/webroot/files/files/36901371545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desco.scp.hr/files/mipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/89688927997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/33462920076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameclub.by/uploads/files/89676606508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijabivegoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-07b6a75bc4d0.breakthrough-physical-therapy.com/userfiles/files/60954646205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9e3vj5fdnmkuj2ba6kqj31i7q/lomafabiwudukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/popibipomorezinun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391b858cb2d---fasezomowifedenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mupedevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/78760616829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/43899916201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/nasovanetaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/sikusesorabuxigefowodapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailynewsodia.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/73369825859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/fipugamafupilopapere.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_off0000edaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAA 17608 bytes
SHA-256: 3dea9d91899355d47e5da2f27424692776ab33b3c749363d15d02198cc7b3bea
font_01_sfnt_off00011ba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133BC 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 726a9aa1171c3bea30e784606b3125cdcc88aa7363d54716f6a405a0d5604661