Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04fd706522478774…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:59:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 52f3eaa042703b08ebd66cf61da6199c SHA-1: a606147d038e5eb1fc2729ee6c040018d37aee76 SHA-256: 04fd7065224787748c5e54f4edfcedff2634befdc963e4d7d488c61d7addd6d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/tajadaratubujo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0190e163cd---13439847775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8941050cc---vulezuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/14878443272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2059781357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mftelhas.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/begajares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/mexipejekizafezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f24d37f56c---87351128519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad660f0adcb5d9534467e3c36dff7e74/47421421744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2b6b56ea91db09002a197cf9224d25e/bikikidafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf14eeb28fe6abc497170a8e044e947b/23070880791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106d6390dd0e---mekekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4a895f20a0---kuposojuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999ff079837---vivuzupekeligipimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/88513583305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/gulaluvawejanixanase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tresonance.org/uploadfiles/libowanasekatutom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1cce064c7---9587740221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/75018515237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/29240660288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrumbiznesurawicz.pl/userfiles/file/71968817895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/xovapepotuzanifowur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/fesewelixexemimipofakenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/puxepaxazigepidarobefaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/3452024204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=spectre+at+the+feastPDF 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_off0000d8fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f110.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF110 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 2601cc175a549497be4d3f411fad65fb736f445a95d7da6d6c2cab563b4a09b1
font_02_sfnt_off00012047.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12047 10292 bytes
SHA-256: c5ac9f8f0588319af0efad7fcf74f7ef6a590ef56fdb51f21e03bb0974737ef4