Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1185a9f1aa9ede54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:13:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4ede6cc8bb321edc68b6d769071766aa SHA-1: a5286dc1feb1bdd844930f6b7f3ac013b2c4a522 SHA-256: 1185a9f1aa9ede54b93aa9fb0c25b7af18671ccb5b1abaa13f4e061705b25845
184 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 raw IP addresses. These links are likely intended to redirect the user to malicious content or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326bb5eee19---nebod.pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://locke-3c.tw/uploads/files/202109051000316540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/70838518738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guchen.ru/d/files/bewefexizufugiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbawrcdgsodbdciig4a5v.xn--p1ai/pict/file/rufuvobumatere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134868bd5751---36139432663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c718c0ebd16f81ba89ac8a0fb3d17cdd/57829465388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/wuxarafoliganiraluzote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetrafluoro.com/upload/files/gesetedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/wexojolupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354c103b173---99642234410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://only-svet.ru/upload/files/10932956223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcbarrett.com/user_area/file/fegudonawixovupugodapapaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/8386065795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurkhasfinance.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68620431316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/56103780775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishor-uvk.com/uploads/files/tilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/8614693066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/30206973762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/rinaposozututesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjdfszwy.com/filespath/files/20210907161300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xeroxexpres.cz/userfiles/file/13424524783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iscelenie.info/files/file/16608208204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-aerosol.eu/userfiles/file/11312870381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613489c2cb594---rolamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/42820202547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+skeleton+papercraftPDF 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_off0000e406.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE406 18236 bytes
SHA-256: ad4a47938195eaf993cf4d8ff063e5013bab00db6a9fd0ba3d0484b9ca734c7e
font_01_sfnt_off00011355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11355 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 9edb59781612a0ea05dcc8aa021a3cc4affd15af4457ffa963aeadc94588e132
font_02_sfnt_off00012b94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1