Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e392faae654f67b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 11:20:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8807a36179724abd4881ba89e580e533 SHA-1: 65c2c80625e14f695f55ff8e5aa411eaa5bb87c3 SHA-256: e392faae654f67b62f55b765426d51eb2ec7ee999e00e554ddd7d2079115aaee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute the embedded JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript is suspected to download and execute a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nicomachean+ethics+hackett+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudesopeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kechengchem.com/upload/files/rosuvowizame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a15cbf1281d96375e6b5e71078dfb5d/25400346178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/bupupadejojaruxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a174b2fed685ef5ca941811d9e4ff810/jusafafejawisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/13690713791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavetagelewagokavukub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/70826104041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/bulurejamixejigefijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oancora.com/ckfinder/files/97242205742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents/files/nitidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aed54d16ea62e5bb1742f347ccab4e92/93406952364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/labobomasemesepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/litotavinafujipisawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dukarafijaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/mefuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g4m3s-4p1-12s1.com/contents/files/laxisevomevufujomipigab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.eu/userfiles/file/95369479078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-collie.ru/sites/default/files/file/mezexeruxipiziwomavitizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipuwewidiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluvioneschicamocha.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/selukugubowasudipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurkhasfinance.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/181692003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adriennemason.com/assets/files/dotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/65377157087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telorgabus.com/contents/files/xafevidumejodenesuro.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_off0000d7af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7AF 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 9a3372af823d171fa973698559ffe867bc64b36b8b74f7d78446e2de7c3b00d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f073.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF073 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010885.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10885 20536 bytes
SHA-256: bad4cde60cbc034c2afbb1e307fdc33b7bff410b48efa33f23ab1e659ed5f4bd