Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 134672831ef7f999…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:44:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 253b59fe5351fa9a0611cb46c3b23e35 SHA-1: b6f4cabe313c04ab84a59d107d2275fc245307f9 SHA-256: 134672831ef7f999ae06d2c4ec29529d27aaa9e18ec0a479b59b90ee3db008d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads, strongly indicates malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this, flagging the PDF as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q73h2ohqjc0uuhubtdv72v5c42/74963881439.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9eb513be14---83226861982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/1327813718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/kesokokiluduriwigozifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balarampurblock.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9291880529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolshunoff.ru/images/wysiwyg/file/gizisawivapupigawizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbdecontra.com/userfiles/files/21885238059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/57704887196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/juviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/96295693070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2108250504175598294868a9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///24503330721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9b1cd628f---xagafazigebisazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7a0d12d75c69462709133af1753c773/kisuxelomawadalono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f625eec301d---mexupopakikugojemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terracell.pt/images/file/86279164704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/fikobigufijatozepakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0632q6a6kg3cds3n9h54r09pk/39398294363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/82640125341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/noxikakolupesalajixazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd9a5f3ee8---28884714893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/44075339476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=enjoy+learning+japanese+kanji+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_off0000ceb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6CD 10896 bytes
SHA-256: ebabc2142fcfb3b3b2c2370f55b9e4e8519911a01cbaccbf81f5d1883714a862
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD2 18756 bytes
SHA-256: afa3be148800365955107b9224ad47899a714556c059cdaaf83e7951dc2c13cb