Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed8186cc31ca078d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:30:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1c552b9c1419f8abe480887cf16465b3 SHA-1: 83aa395300dbb1e4bb38d53c0efc167ceb38d0bf SHA-256: ed8186cc31ca078d1ae1fa8692749c666fb36c1d5860bdf658c582df9476b5cd
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 WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing or malware payload through the link farm. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for obfuscating malicious links or initiating downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94727770959.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/54522256719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/wunevudosuwalupuziwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dbbd871800---jabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jevisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/lirabisupugabomotuxekili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbbfbbknchz.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/23588556749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yulintimber.cn/d/files/xipibimol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palakkadtourism.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33458618564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320d9092271---94980399968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ba85621e78---12671495996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/buzoxikubenejawejuxukusus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210901_e225e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiwonadibaxomasegadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents/files/raviwapope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onroerendgoedindex.nl/images/uploads/kegunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/69587507777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f631a4657f5c24f1add6e5bae8e52710/dopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/wotaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/vijozananer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protezas.lt/i/File/dimasedemuranomewabixuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kt4dfbh28d1n3qnlio622rqse1/pebuzejizubenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9213701104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mint+browser+app+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d3ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3AB 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 9afbcae50913a154ed89e38e5c13713b337c9efdea8ff13f6bb242f55398f31c
font_01_sfnt_off000100f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F8 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 5bd925ed1eabfb55a5fb1b8e5cfb3ef699bbb4465d995cf9a68b824caa47187d
font_02_sfnt_off00011929.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11929 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1