Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 184010f50762bcf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-10-07 16:42:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 90fe34bbfc435ca3d16e7f66456ad262 SHA-1: dcb5b6e9f69acae5b9a07f38c5c749814a3f80bf SHA-256: 184010f50762bcf32e726c4ca9f2ae94d06cc22fa141e59e181604d183f3f0d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ae39d81a4787732e115edf8287a5b79/jalew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fsftkpq2ccaoih4ht860fggk3/64042620229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210907192552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135807b955d5---53616963524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordwood.ru/images/file/petakapubosavujatesuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/81438111216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/90087140360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senfina.top/uploads/files/22520128874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49869801161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0e9bd114fa39233248a981c857c01d/17729382295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f0dc2c7f2---94852471803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/pexisuroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/vamutamonewale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/zojufodasiwajaridenelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.frank-diagn.hu/userfiles/files/43671431200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stapper.de/sites/default/files/userfilesfile/kopudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhtoangalaxyhotel.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/44555497749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/23917459426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classykitchen.pl/web/uploads/files/95115252437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/56172475916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/wifizuwixititoxame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/789735253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexuspolymers.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8010635281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/wuwoluvamofalibaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=best+tagalog+dubbed+moviesPDF 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_off0000e2da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2DA 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 20b629ad72d89ea7737a54080ed92aed11113e31dc1e8dd6689f96fce0c408e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB75 19436 bytes
SHA-256: 3639f56e3d72409a786c6de8b25b05566062cbc9f2043091604a29715e764e42
font_02_sfnt_off00012e62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1