Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1e5460e7978166f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:17:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8d7a156be0f15516eccd5e6b041328c4 SHA-1: 2e2bf32cecfffb4fce3bcc933129634297124d25 SHA-256: f1e5460e7978166f4dbdfee9b92c182df2c89b817a8582638cfe8533c6d56e7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+go+battle+hack PDF link annotation
    • http://ndc-group.ru/uploads/files/vumezugowerim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/51923370131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da16d5ba0696c4aa1456c3fee844017/11378928088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/xopasotujivufebinawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613315de93458---mamatepesawulubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larben.cz/media/images/upload/file/rimowojoxoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aii.su/userfiles/file/53580071762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lemamirurokozogolorupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--72ca1bzcdf9cg5df4n5a8cei.com/userfiles/files/tosedavibasuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cultureresortpokhara.com/assets/userfiles/files/sopunagolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/vezaxomitebakozadenuxoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapthagireesyathra.com/userfiles/file/julusilojuxefixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99494574579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37731872207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isleford.com/filespath/files/20210913174941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviteksural.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78809281947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/41826977566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himarco.ir/basefile/himarcoir/files/xugunobevebapume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitacasa.it/images/file/sufudipeginatikite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84005510512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkqrvk5mst2icaan6291r76k4e/wekabazexafaxuroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/rukurajuzunidepadobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbc-bezorgdiensten.nl/upload/tafafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/demizukasezotakutaji.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_off0000b750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB750 10548 bytes
SHA-256: b947eab3985cc109a1cf04b728b6e60cf890c913f7dd41a93ddf8bfeb08b33a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE750 16496 bytes
SHA-256: b6b9b366b16c71137847b2d3a685d19454054b9da8e55b2284467176f653dfb3