Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1135347aeef6cb79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-26 00:28:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 65b7c82cbe98c456ba3631ab8cfc1634 SHA-1: 9c6e16220d938df5a7a3ae2128c28517db475845 SHA-256: 1135347aeef6cb794db9ad63a62d055b6b959a405e52058283896ab4bfda9f1c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating it is likely a dropper or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially downloading a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42732908432.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chipgene.com/image/files/20210722_024504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e1accf6ae94e3f066d80779d82c21d/zerap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/422217fb12f899593098fbce1d5e81be/nadaramelovabifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/77162632865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/26715493488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/datubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-printonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dakolipovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadrarad.ro/userfiles/file/53026998203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/munasumosifunazujagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/80775756971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/75923662362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/pekigelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/46439413566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092deb7cd5a4---57009134935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29cfe6268dff4382e17134d92d9a5640/tosulonazekawasapesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607851630345c---55593234734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec964d3a47---nupevorires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/10024165858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c141085ee59fc77cf753219e637fcf2/43039864357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b690c355f4---ranojafosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/52003116390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+penguin+writer%27s+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965a495bc45---47119172817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD068 16436 bytes
SHA-256: c37178892c861234b5c43daa3867ea72067c18b8f03b9054c919e3ea65bc529a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6EA 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 48e2f16ef32eb52880d658ba86eedcc722746eba95f0fab75f94244f9850a909
font_02_sfnt_off000112f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012b09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B09 10764 bytes
SHA-256: c2a13de3d6d7798bc864340af1569f8c4f6614a71a45eacb467b63de866962bf