Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1329819f23238df6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:23:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9334f293c7896e18b32a9122fe3eebbe SHA-1: a59b6ea1eced072c5a978830e3a52cb185c118a6 SHA-256: 1329819f23238df6df5bdb640aa759ca89b84805fca4d0a84aae949a2d6e0667
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carisma+m40s+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbdc2d6e1d---tekedopepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/8868515947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///54083837375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b885d6dff54---goriwofagojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab88c297dfd---59470734669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4a1041f2dc---20157777152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210819_042855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/tijaborapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/94507014641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/082106404066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/27947850141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/80575734296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/xejitivigivovesutomatuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drakbera.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25176927204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbcefd92d4---votenadobimof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/94461673861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7883b91c2---46909851692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5de5c733c7---55895446654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choragwica.pl/userfiles/file/21445429710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/32905834897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/61763706422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac28f998411---solorameguxot.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_off0000d9ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9AD 10248 bytes
SHA-256: 9af239fac41ff5108371131c3b347e342b3cf4a4dfe1dd3fa626e9180a9545f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B2 17024 bytes
SHA-256: aca548b7e8feab51e35b3632095864093ce2a28d39ad01c218f0d4cbe8ec1313
font_02_sfnt_off00011ced.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1