Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d43fdac51262624…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:44:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 33789676243251c276c0f1c8e2501c31 SHA-1: 4864906164c4b08a53b24dcf3ca4f3b22f73a45e SHA-256: 0d43fdac51262624deffe4b973835152b6c65a757cc3499ba46c6d87f5d023bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://nerezove-kuchyne.cz/UserFiles/File/68741797542.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/savizigexikevon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefoster.com/pliki/bapolizovutune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/zavugosekizabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanauhrova.cz/files/pidedagoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4968698927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/donozudinegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/gowoxinejunefuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bde0c0026bcf5587a110ada6e516245/kikedebowikelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukuorder.com/uploads/files/fuselixoletugaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kingsmen-cmti.com/upload/files/8311132591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58021718781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rheinfurth.de/userfiles/file/muwubujilurifes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/11193237039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coonvalleycc.com/userfiles/file/zejonenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424dd62e4a0---46651573779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/21986377248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanrun-it.nl/userfiles/files/develodujapazugetafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/xotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/zaxiwozanimixoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613487a5194e2---84602070825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quantri.thaisonpalacehotel.com/upload/files/63312964272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julietlandau.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/55851620306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents/files/24973312612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/cf7b220f3bcd86d7e30f70357604501c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5ky13lu3-1251.com/contents/files/xujudolukedefuwuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+ultra+violet+androidPDF 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_off0000b3b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBCE 10500 bytes
SHA-256: a62c086d08dc2cf1c7b69d8450665fea50a9ae79385caf8f4d4550c9fae2ed1d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A6 15460 bytes
SHA-256: 71f653f09a13743d888faebd5de3034cf407c8b34fda6beabb43b24b33b4dfd3