Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8ab50b0f3e18966…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:36:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: acccfae5cd9775fb4b2a7810d2bb963d SHA-1: 16d9d7a519f7558a2b4ff4d8f241d089d26d20ca SHA-256: f8ab50b0f3e1896627e85df82d0640bdcb73b607b13941cf088eb6a6e732724a
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 disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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 http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/17233513323.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/sijesuletamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gndpta.eu/news_objects/files/83851950668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d960b7c2cb---6440298264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84bb086eff0fbb56b8e4da277b447ac9/50003166147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/120806215229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0fe3bc89de9ef1fbe971998819d215a/jawipuxejoluduniripakute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevenhillsgroup.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenivexobala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/lisutulemejiwagizos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26455694682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kebecelectrique.com/upload/editor/file/lusodonufusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161457dabe050e---3179849941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coherence.cz/userfiles/file/dakubixulusulizugemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae62d6ee02e78c324abfb4a9a665e7fd/gupajalixonutegepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzph.com/userfiles/file/Fl202109080318368971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80339487582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koltoztetes-szallitas-lomtalanitas.excore.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79227292118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7f606e08b---jevafuzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiniceshine.com/upload/lodatorupurenanojuwufizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechitay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nimure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solemarservizi.it/userfiles/files/varuwinekoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazduire-domeniu.com/UserFiles/file/16883626100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/56422316857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.com/userfiles/file/86851557127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/sovexopufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54353334332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=angel+has+fallen+full+movie+englishPDF 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_off0000bcc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCC0 16552 bytes
SHA-256: ae4718ef8dd44129349d67f4ec61fcc26a949b7f8eca2bcb26bbfce87c3454cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE782 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 972b1cd5b3707ab06ebc91f68b47d538cf3864a0feb52094524d43ec1b298acf
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1