Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e08a810aab82fba0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 02:18:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d18072ba930b8a91102ecb48cd111c9b SHA-1: 49ad9a5ca4fc7a8f70fb2b7e4e4853c1fb46499b SHA-256: e08a810aab82fba00cb37a9c6e0095163438140acf85acb412d0c982c90386e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary goal appears to be phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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=campbell+biology+pdf+11th
    • https://tktravelkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210915_99551AFF4627CE6F.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161332f45e19f5---68852474476.pdf
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/sixufibalovo.pdf
    • https://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/88445784048.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/394efa45b2aaaa5068bcb07f3e58e819/51644485441.pdf
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_223DA8F8850DC6A2.pdf
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/11347036287.pdf
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3c35f1bdc1fcbcc56a58965a03ceef1/42782590269.pdf
    • http://archbot.pl/files/file/72901445463.pdf
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/46652353014.pdf
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/70194363944.pdf
    • http://sowiik.pl/userfiles/file/52307072842.pdf
    • http://canphantich.net/Images_upload/files/62572208388.pdf
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/matonixowevoj.pdf
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/50844864257.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142c72500d9a---bafosonigatuz.pdf
    • http://artin-intranet.com/ckupload/files/77326957626.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161461a17404a1---zabipukiwilupokapimubixu.pdf
    • https://sunriseinnjasper.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nobibeduzemoxovi.pdf
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/mumuxibukadipuxudemut.pdf
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/24240447659.pdf
    • http://koslita.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevudale.pdf
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/dopitazimosiwidamosisinuj.pdf
    • http://zoscm.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29443556405.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d1b496773---retale.pdf
    • https://quangcaonoithatgiahung.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/kodokevawubajowemukeliwo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c393.bin
f7be089c66fe383a37fa297792b7a48e101776396f7f391a984bb05de9bebe00
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC393 10912 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc72.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC72 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f484.bin
ffb1c5c6f1f5fb56c3caf6668534970e0bcbeec304913012b46562f39bdd281c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF484 17084 bytes