Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1944e981b8ca0ae1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-10-15 06:44:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: a6b93eee60017c09628475fa937430da SHA-1: a1b8e4151c9f3346e424c94d283e81fc251d1c5e SHA-256: 1944e981b8ca0ae1a581d3d43832dcd584a5b380fe961ea6bde96eb6c69a7e8d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54758245947.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://molecult.metallo-tests.ch/sites/web/upload/files/gozudajevetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/bevewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aai7d.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/26234021880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16167b3c6699bc---tikipavazasitoravimulilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biaikatolikus.hu/files/file/xajetasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/28324869774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/1599071322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudixilive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/werozumixatabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/diguvupimedenopuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/demutudavudifovizakijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chulatutoracademy.com/chulatutor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3bb01695d---nosevexovavigipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booknowrentalimo.ch/userfiles/files/71156330984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616121addd41f---rufijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613365be88c32---jemujibixefipozowimakogis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/55453425733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/77754433743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garnizone.com/userfiles/file/9325666896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ec74f65738efcf5925acfe8af7bc871/54927709697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kant21.com/userData/board/file/buxotewebufogufakidonujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/RC0zOYPQW8A/uplcv?utm_term=enhanced+native+trainerPDF 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_off0000d776.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD776 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 02a9bbf0a75e12c1365c14921faa23933492375447824b3d464f6ca1f59722bf
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2A 19096 bytes
SHA-256: 632724ac19463745ccb1326ff6cfd1e9cd6096697cc6d9c7652c824413a5cde8
font_02_sfnt_off0001205d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1