Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a34d81d923e1049…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:24:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f54329cf1cf949bcb1137f9defc29093 SHA-1: 8bc8c7981f7a0c5eb7605c4eaef006d35eaa20d9 SHA-256: 1a34d81d923e1049315deb28436909dd53882ab757e7087031e37879a5949a81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607699082cbf9---7466834589.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/19033622587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f080e689adbd8b4e02a2d0db5609061/dafoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c112f388f4e04cad12ddb10d440f638/77083011982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836096cad1a---fesutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmhfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/44/44eff64e497b984d8b2945277059c9c0/File/6627070237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a059bd26882---luvumujisofokesoporot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch.hu/userfiles/files/vavikererebugogowijemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/614epdapncnsg65g6r3q2mddvj/26678240276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf72561dc04---33382070249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed612e04404e3c6298b7ad49306a80aa/niwawimofitogevegafewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sglvda3gmkr4917amme5jg7cu6/fubogatowukepato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34131e88acf9986cc4f8f55e4d840dd8/mekatumogasozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34806ba46641bf8969017f97ac165a2/92275187733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac998116136---siwojefusavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muxakebefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/kevipimupibavipuraler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/rajoxobigezifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/sirewefafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ad569e455---jakafadosimakafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpitrade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32640816984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/31927057733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/nuzabomufofekuwofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83acee741cf5b52fe7927f90917bbf9/turefupafisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fd0e6dda3---771403862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents//files/xetisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=referat+tumor+tulang+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_off0000df45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF45 16972 bytes
SHA-256: c045d8bb663cec029a762e9a7dd26c4e985d1ef762e7ff030efdc9ec413809d5
font_01_sfnt_off00010b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B3D 10728 bytes
SHA-256: d9636cee4bcadab53fdc6fdefe793296a8a6511d2998d7e7cb9a41da5de394b1
font_02_sfnt_off000123a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1