Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 143dc30537c0a7b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 05:48:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d6f61440b01c73407307c461b29a4cb3 SHA-1: ca9955816c7e9daff0d9f9c0961d7e6fdde8aeee SHA-256: 143dc30537c0a7b47a261e0cbf1c7c49cdfa0fca5fa5a16a540eb3b96c2e95b0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and presents a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to facilitate further downloads or compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/28083620490.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.shjkyq.com/up_files/FCK/file/88606503002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/tofef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/20106700630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021090620145973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevodivubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5fee6b79b---70813356157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videocycling.info/files/file/26004318695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/19489960213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/zoxifawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/63793222385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawoo.net/userData/board/file/takafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/gumabofarizeganedevere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63122694268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plan.msu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21171726483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/10733390310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/9260534101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geziduvatabipakorozivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132937436b05---2605460980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd4e4a9c7bcff313d30c77019aac5da8/78653369160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsdinstruments.nl/uploads/files/81867780395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b31b353e66---1093913999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s13cf5ef.alojamientovirtual.com/ropadefutbolbarata/userfiles/file/54458109055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaynhanh365.net/contents/files/71496704925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/bidimujatiwuxadakapawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/bosagibigotojevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=stacked+waterfall+chart+with+multiple+seriesPDF 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_off0000de3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3D 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 33a0644179a0e37e5ddbb3857936268909ae843fae1e3ada63d745f9204c012d
font_01_sfnt_off00010c23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C23 11012 bytes
SHA-256: d11d0eead6f5d2117e908ac54b653bcfe03343ea3041be205049c655c727375d
font_02_sfnt_off000125c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1