Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1143e81f2d7f451f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 21:08:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 133b9e8906bd4a82872a9b2ede4ea0b4 SHA-1: 4347912a9ed20e45f4e46f804cf19ffa426e811f SHA-256: 1143e81f2d7f451f01ca4d41203bb11b27ff5de826a492ca83c82829297f55ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+ads+coming+in+my+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://loyalangkorapartment.com/userfiles/file/28405948575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210915_D9111899A8DC7EC6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141638a6ecb1---1122298198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pufemegajegironawesotezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavukogubexonubika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majstrissmt.eu/www-data/file/11749977145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/userfiles/file/26998411836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manpowernepal.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvugikubosofefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yesilkoyluleriz.biz/resimler/files/lipifibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wupaojichangjia.com/d/files/2499847456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e231117cc5---64632148691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/dijafipawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/nejafinutewagavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b7ac391de6e3353eafd1e9669b58872/nulexovusuvusurenaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terrebleue.org/userfiles/file/kubariretiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.fr/php/rs/filesupload/file/dovepopifebatigopuwivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njchemland.com/upload/files/xujugepuvafifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/sutere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shceping.com/upFile/photos/2021-9/file/86637091897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecolservizinettuno.com/userfiles/files/89509479957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/gubagigax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otestmanager.com/club/data/userfiles/file/20210911185154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/25584819763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68334534240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/7340214277.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b6fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF0C 16256 bytes
SHA-256: dbfca7566a8743cf5cb1c3339e79228e9c4cb02b3af1629f0b9516da1acd5688
font_02_sfnt_off0000f89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF89E 10824 bytes
SHA-256: a9b3b1d9049d19596e134f2a11fe4c65119e94b2a80d4f27e0e58c9a188f6708