Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 143bce4ec2792aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-07-23 09:36:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 65ed37223158f44df8637ef5c65ef452 SHA-1: 8fb683505fcacdfc98a000ccad04f485a26e8da3 SHA-256: 143bce4ec2792acafbddf65b9a4e526b0fa52ae46b5cbadd3d73c8ccbc9fb334
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 acting as a link farm. These links likely serve as a lure, redirecting users to further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913789c45b4---33533532064.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bccdceb835---82226831155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210612/file/16234822267880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6p9cmq45tpl1o69ued3rdiit81/75824455899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/80845460490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/vavikefemadimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/10445038802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7c0290b8e---87896465544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/watokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39777d5cb12f690d9389b2e13810cd6a/73402177462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocamali.com/userfiles/files/29321325948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/gurukezakurubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/10155066184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/17974472928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830dcbb294d---zixafiwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elfv9iebkahbgensjr6o5f0e71/57574984870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/52571049617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sethhukumchandschool.com/userfiles/file/pekoriliputunosuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a55518c51a---tateduvizumimuluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/11783336402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8665e24aa1576dc06f5fd4ccc669f9ee/24184095781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/javililokawager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/lurevuvutibulajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=prince+peter+andreevichPDF 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_off0001205b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205B 10344 bytes
SHA-256: a71679f6bd99804eef7fad46acbd1370f516ec708f7565d2c9c1d88f8a9bd200
font_01_sfnt_off0001379d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1379D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014faf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FAF 22160 bytes
SHA-256: 0fe28d8b9604cb2c028303482e51e51d513523e4229e27e11b843e0aa67d6dc1