Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 045731c8179f30db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:22:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0443cef5056a5001ed701ef8810b88ff SHA-1: f7b566a2721b8a53d497d72105c24c590f2ec81c SHA-256: 045731c8179f30dbe7809948a5186e6e6ad384741282607d867fcff9239be3fc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning, and ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for executing the malicious action, likely involving the URLs found in the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a08f56af0---nofewokexerovikatujelok.pdf
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/28790595402.pdf
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210901095758.pdf
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40996306314.pdf
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/69641124543.pdf
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/9242228528.pdf
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021090315130191.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76rgbl9r4mce7or8kguluavd49/15802586384.pdf
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefalepawe.pdf
    • http://pradakshinam.com/fck_uploads/file/jalosu.pdf
    • http://master-br.ru/img/file/lemabamegejobomijobaxugex.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15be4482b34e6a9d7dae0eb2e0125cfa/gofom.pdf
    • https://fleuriste79.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rarejinezafedagibobave.pdf
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93481020178.pdf
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felirukojasopafepoxom.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ea89f324e---gilexozemekizilalavize.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ab074b8b0bc041cefb9a95eb8976081/wufazewegavezagimir.pdf
    • https://ezsprinting.com/userfiles/file/90103851384.pdf
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/daxagig.pdf
    • http://www.biogreeno.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2855290662.pdf
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/50797228261.pdf
    • https://ingatlanfelugyelet.hu/uploads/file/63193590602.pdf
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210905044859.pdf
    • https://dmshospital.com/mm_engg/files/xerarawebomokukub.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=fake+kiyosaki+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ff6c.bin
f97caf2543b581c6b5aa4fa3301435a996935a4e908c27f1fbd99e2a133a6520
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6C 10324 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef3.bin
4783b81b51bf2ad87b8c989fc05da1f7fa32ff86ebca2e71fd7993fb4b2c1551
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF3 19092 bytes