Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04184d31ea10ad50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:19:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 310bf8920765ddae1185ae739663df03 SHA-1: 85d33b0b8c6c9187ed5a86a75a0968cdd19d3c74 SHA-256: 04184d31ea10ad50efea49bf58169e5a07ec9f673cd123d23e548d23651a62ce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting further suggests a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/76037089380.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/rijani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94614331173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiken7050.com/clients/5/51/510ae66c864a6d23552e02d1b5190e2c/File/mujosozelabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duxazotebumefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8760458e56---zagirogomewulikosodefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3pqotifigpe89hpf0ui1phoqi/99146165251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hollywoodterrace.org/clients/863344/File/retevupudemonirelalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/gixukotujetinunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/rotoviwobimexowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaiminsales.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/momuzewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///86221799200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fd09aadbba4cd5da4121dc3a40f1ca8/mikimasefelulesikugej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/34408539776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadavesevaludar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/samubamovosexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e81def6c86b22a82fa61b79db0a3d85/tigojanamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e819ee2595f---25989386215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/47782915277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/77268596505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/kamojugifuxubuditaponim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3451ab838ce9c219df1930ef0e7f315/64626552811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-t.info/files/files/nusix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210708_090303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/84341098425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=manual+salus+rt310rfPDF 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_off0000c9f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e20a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE20A 20108 bytes
SHA-256: 3d3a659deb3337a7567bfee901bba7d03b47ad2aae895961f37b0d1f1f67b504
font_02_sfnt_off00011699.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11699 10304 bytes
SHA-256: a13d0375197046ce40844664008e9838c351175850f71fc79c297dbc659228f8