Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1468ace3bac58f72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 14:06:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b4c0e7cb1a43e2026c55aed6e636009f SHA-1: 125e42f7e1945ddf87af5ced4f03dfc935b561be SHA-256: 1468ace3bac58f725995daa749cf41ee1e9c6715f5d7ff726eeac52658ea7c4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, directing users to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://asustainable.com/global/file/bumafebuxola.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608683cfd220c---74494751822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-11/20210511190113427920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodeslaboratori.eu/userfiles/files/rigavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edfa4633ad---43510256015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2e22f89424---30842049446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f736f6fcf6---61361610032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclambaohiem24h.com/upload/files/71341645089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/26037359575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f707deee881faa8756cc1d5eed69d8b/19624010660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078dfba19d40---lalemijanibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/98267277137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db1513bcf7---wasogozitipobuwedadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0c02db083---xumiropudozolipajijube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cemiam0e2c7v3ttpfrist4ii40/5158073673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/123389f03a36297fb1db88559cd5b119/85972922119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovalives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5cae7b0852---jolavigiberotobajuzafuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/89885419223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagepoorter.be/files/files/14966371461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/tefabifulinakaxomata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/xabovijuwanej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/634b4a2eb2d10dd7b9df2b9d7672be81/zalujemudoloxusumejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/pefugilagujegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080922f7932e---56413838613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=love+you+like+a+love+song+mp3+song+downloadPDF 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_off0000ecfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECFC 17096 bytes
SHA-256: b69903450b923a278c36b3eb3a6bc3b6b3cc809125cde46d7f70da77036efa2e
font_01_sfnt_off000119ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E5 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 12911b18f53c89c70422e5b9f00e47cf5c2c20bc2554d21a08d8c00cca32a6ff