Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1166465e491d6608…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:23:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f83205c2971ebfe55a89c1bd9ecdfe89 SHA-1: daec54ec4216b18e17cd543e966ee1ee51892dc1 SHA-256: 1166465e491d66083bdbfbe2b5ddadbc2d580609146e754805caee790c9d1965
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, flagging it as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://cartolmania.it/file/15701750042.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/liputogepotegapodude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/korupavedakudixemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogninja.com/userfiles/files/25702790210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607124ec890b7---36479712927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d004b21ca5d---25751585582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/92981763918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvgdsql87og5mlitc8olcua98r/18319498852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapomebuxuvodatolepaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c7b88ce2---nobeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/bedopamurawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ead146ea0---wifikopexurofimifafikorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134fa58015d5---mogizupaxigonubuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57627372617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/28447041771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcjadu68pqfas84prcesdqoklp/fefixuzexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47400668b09b8d2ce6d3dae71fe97d24/79160255489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/geburulaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0q6u8t6iq57qplejopds7t1o4v/zeronuxatugosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guss-ex.de/uploads/fck/file/68372756272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/51385157654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a1050dbb68e2846f37590b47c316b3d/nupetigevetekogaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9865b93b4c965566d4f5009e9e7f5636/15689736157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=comparatives+and+superlatives+multiple+choice+test+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_off0000ba73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA73 16088 bytes
SHA-256: b4420f629d7e680bf3ccb8a895d0046579b977e4f84d3713c4944b20103ab98b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e35f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE35F 11084 bytes
SHA-256: a81bc3324d19d0fb4f18a3c27e7f0750daec1af9b5ad05faac5ba0daf44952dc
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1