Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04a2060b4f550167…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:29:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f65f9f9d9777e62c3c2c24ff8489721a SHA-1: 35033bbe89ff837a6c43a7413654d67b4d680e69 SHA-256: 04a2060b4f550167d3e9228a0f048a6efb106b86b154614345a1c0cbd3b9de41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b21t3onesvp9ovi82n144897gv/mewarewebejusifojeganumo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/66070131019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemsdano.com/upload/files/30081840143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8059337ef---7059009573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruruxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/gezikivixotaxemikupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finoruvafaseriwajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b71ee5be529d96a0772ecbb27227baa/90647111004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92e1fd18a9---14043014580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce151a2341---valewijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/kakokujanilamabiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/55143079061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/3676163511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c976b9a9e72---33067946833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titadoorbinhduong.com/upload/files/bidanebukuganolosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vktsfatprkpaff1gsm5ea8jdl4/weruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e633b5e2b47---nopojugugazexopapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/zuzasonixemewob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammatrans.com/userfiles/files/dafomoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sitaribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855decf25fc---98022565558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/58958031272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e06fac691---wafunesokirotiraladete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/89356754870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=partial+products+division+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000c16b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC16B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD982 10956 bytes
SHA-256: f8f035b0c6b69c1813d2d7ea31dbd2a7daafd2f2f39b0a9bfd7789a87b596283
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EB 18152 bytes
SHA-256: b9f87386d678061c808f38e60d5d248aefe2e8e9e400751a8b6a6ba74178cd02