Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fea952838cbce241…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b62c8e5a5ee27159a9aa8293c32ada90 SHA-1: b5cfd4afa069416430b7eb3603be0c23fea2701a SHA-256: fea952838cbce2413b93f5e9425fe59e832e5628321a7ecab8aa2227e7d3242e
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. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+conjuring+2+yify+subtitles PDF link annotation
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/40055070133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wipaxoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi.com/contents/files/sibupaxetupurigogejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongsimkindergarten.com/upload/files/81644605295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613582e300b82---devokorezezupipuvizezigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622ae64dbae100b5ccf875fc1a32555d/44474442006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/17313764884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepenukusodagixopim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexanexapuxolugujinivefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/47704403134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ba1300c47687f60fbfddc572b598af2/98792804092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/40813761622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87896866471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1630497443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/zenelalew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vr-spagna-20.effievirtual.com/galeria/files/96994643730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/vovorabozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/68516952926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seraruzizunatasuwibunepab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/10652587533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c01b1a36e---6987803260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maria-galland.ru/files/file/81975810870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b0d1258ca4---kafofevujefexiburoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/zimirugud.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_off00013ba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BA6 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 5de96c4fa77143332553fa4b5d3b0f260931b8ff8d3027680f59fb3503fc6408
font_01_sfnt_off00015542.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15542 19372 bytes
SHA-256: 9d178d7f87662a224268fcafd888c6c3ad026bcee28ace2c951b2ffba38f514c
font_02_sfnt_off00018839.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18839 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1