Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04020a33257f7601…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:20:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: abb905b0e4db4f9abb7f83d83d35c04f SHA-1: 03b8aeb9441362d175e0c56d5837b41059cdcfb2 SHA-256: 04020a33257f7601d0f526e1c90151a30016b5e7364741c81788db5b06eafb31
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, forming a link farm. The primary attack pattern appears to be redirecting users through these links, likely to a phishing page or to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/mirunejemaviv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerujivaviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/41988697292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saikekanglun.com/filespath/files/20210907012134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/74195581586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-francuskiego.pl/userfiles/file/tafelirixifilura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/92360382951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/22701381104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmorshomecareassociates.org/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/2906246272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80066318225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85672656654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/tigatujutagidoxodeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/fovasigesojeviganim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/wofogizalivevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe449d88ee8459028d481cc8ab4bdf6a/9827157532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21437797186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-gallery.com/userfiles/file/vapitomagawezoberob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f713e1085a---titivozapivuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613210edc557c---pagujepinuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e79f14d4b---xamojeludevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f81e6e4dd---84522003197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/nolilava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokunoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/potatagokavigupemikape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/59605563261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+close+apps+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90D 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 3ceb612a52f2c5d9f2af098eed3b53b01fd16d8e4ca27b63334dcb01917fc772
font_01_sfnt_off0000f156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF156 18844 bytes
SHA-256: d78f8c166d9c4da90a5702d3e940d3bb00c0fde83a2e077213d86a786bea9cd8
font_02_sfnt_off000121d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1