Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f294ed6f93e64f64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:45:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6c1ca2e0566dabdded27c9fe9807ed04 SHA-1: 1ebf1652f28537748b2018e3056fbd7b6e4f48e5 SHA-256: f294ed6f93e64f64feda32b82f07eb89ac1f6e45c1bed8fd32d2e596cb135865
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely to deceive search engines or users. The presence of JavaScript suggests the potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+latest+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudusudevasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6f7e28d09c55f4951b42aa8f1c6b66d/91467898649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325537132a7---bulamamupelima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/3034547709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/36219311589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yidaig.com/uploadfile/file/20210908153508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/bawafeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/74577818936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021091417161990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df9309aa7a---45880051288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/47957415132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/losoxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/mumefejupigagoxurotipubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xemolur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/mogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/womuzamatuxurasevewijoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosasarixubadureru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f33f1e8d05---44050804863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zalejasikiluzulimipile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbeeldt.nl/userfiles/file/64703241592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/5905682712.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_off0000d002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD002 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 407cc6ec4c6296d1d1f1ff1d5fc40b748f893ff2afde46c13813c72d6389548b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7CC 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 95931e12a58288027ed4eed2fb6aa2eb130a2b7aacf4636df2840fb78c30f34b
font_02_sfnt_off000114d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1