Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1930a100d10af52a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:01:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cd3f89b476f0a2d972fb8b9ba2ea3b5f SHA-1: faa110c7f593b1d24b710a0d5b96d08adacfde28 SHA-256: 1930a100d10af52a7e6efea80ab2cd112a98695dfdee507c074c8344ed5e64e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this assessment, flagging the file as malicious phishing malware. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/zesolupetavuwoxalitemi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/988ccf1aaf5320def0e8bdc85c71bcd5/59120450696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://genarchi.com/data/temp/file/vomafivosiriwerogokasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88687316886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81334111724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzks.hr/upload/datoteke/50803434902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/guzabomero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/10044882939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/72584638041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geraldkleinlaw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/furosidogidezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c277f8a7312f0e22d3458495a480cf96/sevologujaduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/tamozutanopawokipexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/25318626873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/10327955376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/62255679367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/sekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/zufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608deabbcfbd4---gamasivomifagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44cb0051b54cf021830cc47c652cc9da/datoxijifinimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076436e8160d---8497624289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85629549641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8382bcc8f2a7d8299c698ad37246ec13/22853941026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ee816a83860a3776fb04b81e497a151/8931302387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents//files/pijitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/tesoxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mosfet+operation+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_off0000d143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD143 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e95a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95A 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 8a71b9e0c32bd211c1ee4e931b0be8cba9f176d6b0bf69ea8836d0d88f6d9d5c
font_02_sfnt_off00010127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10127 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 688da19385c8f3c85085706de39c4c7d866da6eda0198253efba686f5bae7fc7