Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f893cc64b971f500…

MALICIOUS

PDF

160.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:01:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 693c4366f981a1935b07800a2a7a2d54 SHA-1: fb891ad029721891cc966c2e141960e4f808913d SHA-256: f893cc64b971f500abe3b9977bdfd4e3a6de9c7ecaee212209972a7839d5d4f0
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 uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=livro+zohar+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba8abc505e---fetuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/voxura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nin624n0kp22g732312cgbc00h/xewukujafazufidok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7c6bcd8cf---depusizojidafabasar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d8a44d709959b30caed3f6bce60062/wipufexanakotineko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/13489488296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/fizobunezovowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e210f86fa9f---boleburofadutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/86929541590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/ponusoxokilexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/54516174386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klf3iiaivkpip0si1qbcee6u24/56403400986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d24a2df4c6aa6db9e583ec99c11ff9ec/86729838643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080342061c24---gikunamojimawerom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/weratudelafinaravupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/85420308250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/188hsl8rv7qk5lvlu1l2e4c80g/77877930059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/66156174599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/82890840192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/xebasakovepagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce56b0bcdf8---wiropimebutifixona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/74319955906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cffdccff978120e280011ba61c393af/70748984390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/70279892890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16596d4f589d41bba9d612acba431293/34101724409.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_off0002088a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2088A 23976 bytes
SHA-256: a07263d0bc8d2b49859697a72fad118c6d72cca86bb685286adfcc3e59afe3bf
font_01_sfnt_off0002450b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2450B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00025d22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25D22 10580 bytes
SHA-256: d7c8f489b954c455c89a7b67e820fbff3990db2d97517c307ad7ba185ed83673