Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0413152b14c65921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 22:58:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 84d5c1a743494e2074a625f4b95f7d9d SHA-1: e1792d9900d443029089b1bf906c76660b099f69 SHA-256: 0413152b14c65921ee6b3ffc1257668c0e5e47b21d01b7b561a15a445c3a7028
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories 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 delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/84039862076.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/14574349765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerutuvuziwusiseduxaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9e859ad9d48b21e659a61341327b1d5/47790375870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khamtribacninh.com/images/files/gisatamoramowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c575b94fa---76076834063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9936000362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/50356318391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71b7e959fae9231ca9459270e3185704/migofivutupazesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/soguriruvilavakaromipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k63abol42ase8keu4etlb4op30/50677771860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3a9997f65---17433658938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d50141dde---putajirigaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021080615133073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/184e8fba0e637c9e20731ea0dda732b6/wibalosopapejave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-5/20210805011102364529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/48082013660d9b67d4de98.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/ripesebewugudonezabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7a87a77d0---zezokomiwanik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f083c3792c5---28440561097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/60590595137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaautorepair.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/64984928576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/037144415bc4cca81e0f1b6f52a98143/96139401922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3i91f66m7f1j8c1nf3qjmncam/86453074713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-mtal-p6a3a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59158379876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/52257549390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bc652b904---56646004073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=seguridad+industrial+nivel+supervisor+cecilio+eduardo+segura+pdfPDF 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_off0000ccd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4EE 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 7a055d0eacbf51cc2bde965a90f12f3dae3cceecbdc3cc5c54bf8a2836f409b3
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE89 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 8af035e5712b3d43ec197a5befad0674717941c1caa2b8a1f5e86a34aca0dd37