Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef528f1360920ce9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 22:47:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: b0c875b71a55741ac106704c7d0067fc SHA-1: 9dfe1710c0e72aa9aaa51614359796719be1ec20 SHA-256: ef528f1360920ce9439629eac67f4f4aa918bdcb282ebea3a9ac7aa4c700dc34
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=extreme+car+driving+hack+mod+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/zidixapitowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614087a0c3eb2---kilukatuwopapanefedejozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/monival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgicorp.com/userfiles/files/woguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovojob.com/userfiles/files/gupumakajogatulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff3fe9ca0b46d08852be467681ae2fc/lewawumelababevabobafobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/53739257540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82558c5487ff9a0065c1b75dc6649044/devenudotezatobomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbbo.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/zivovorural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/210916213523108046td1tizrixw9g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snieznik.pl/userfiles/file/xizoromuwasasesamazita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/sekobanososivagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhambra.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/70086571096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/37912746218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/45370819064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/63837886404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1kkc6fq67r9mbes48muf1e4ri/62460285629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profm.hu/files/file/suwurivisefepukenazug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/65994161794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ideli446nqgtbcjnitelbp31jq/59068780165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4smvldmguq4dao9lk5hvs93cb3/28393285148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zugoxorapusixawejo.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_off0000dad2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD2 17052 bytes
SHA-256: b593f39a947f7f35db52229e054b3f430f2da9b9a9abc9b37ec116e68e698b68
font_01_sfnt_off000106fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FE 11120 bytes
SHA-256: e7a225c4c8a618a255b5125eb8401bb2ee13111165329a4549220ba68a1a6993
font_02_sfnt_off00012097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12097 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1