Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04fb9a445da479b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:29:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 66800736d820c0a2632af184c7a64b74 SHA-1: e3432eeba079954072b44f8fe2744b47019bc2e1 SHA-256: 04fb9a445da479b180f90a943fb2551cf46c178759e0c428c43aa28d1c24c418
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to host malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm on compromised CMS uploads further supports this, aiming to trick users into downloading harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607624488e39a---fuvifexafuli.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3323bf1f882a6ce0e8099e1767eb3225/nukenazusawezedukezababu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaiminhhanh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/xejuxoxewoxizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heatandgas.com//EditorImages/file/xuguvamukivexanazawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/rezetubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/55657631403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf95c9c83---98451976689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/19878230663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607711dfb77a0---dinadakope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9c02fc75851662c0bc530c24da89448/15294442465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/96864224306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077883b2f084---xaloremesajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/borudefupetuxobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f75b01386b---8570055534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30882bea43273efa141af3b905925532/fuginumotexomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c747f30b7bc---filibaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/dunekomewafigabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/47785795766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/rozanilalefitajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1183a8c3c---belejeborilitibewuxenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/84363822182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501072835416520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71470a0681165e576b26414ed6195059/6444534430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/roforogujuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+academic+writing+examples+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_off0000d8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AA 17896 bytes
SHA-256: ef4005cad0c2dfb4d865edec424757df8605ce2be1fb9207c2c2c93dbc8769e7
font_01_sfnt_off00010705.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10705 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 2e9aeb63c08d3832fea7459a814ed5b7e38e42ec4c11d4ec8b83ccf42d38bec3
font_02_sfnt_off0001205f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1