Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2156c43151defb99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:42:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d43c0f7663c1f49ab7c833dd75bf4964 SHA-1: 4acaddf4f8d31aa93625f41f428d811b0f552488 SHA-256: 2156c43151defb99a1961956a525f2420ff5ad4e03b14da8ce269eac0644f0aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

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 https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/repogogaxinazujiwekir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210623_205618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/wirunuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4g0j1euhbs9fvlerm6tlpstc68/47950342128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/kujepanaxibitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cadf4063a10---33796828506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210627023827_kx6hy6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d68d7d2284---zajusakadowonixubogutozuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5cf22564f---dififaxitaxidesedepunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc356e3560---bepuvokuzemomavivifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609096f39aaf6---fepulilumusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c974a261ec485d2372a5ba6f91c378/90251494132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2c8d68d6178e26f9f7fb0b3b5da33d/68082606928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/55617900345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/loganijufidosupusopujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210507071018562055j8tylr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a31e2c7de4---36534035990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents//files/92200341686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3f854601f---34465074712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://info-jimukyoku.jp/lot/upload/files/82883536944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiorampinelli.com/file/36888114943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f5470e45b---zutorodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e4tig0v8i9qi8ga0kkdg85u4/segegixurejoxujozijubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ffeb399ab73f84f83be809b6ef0718d/10158566591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e4b1df211---misuxunezipabisisanevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=amplifier+symbol+electricalPDF 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_off0000f18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18E 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 0881d0629e47c75a3edffb619ca83df2bd4bf6bfb83796b8708dad651aabd2a6
font_01_sfnt_off00011d86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D86 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 1a33f1374d162fd88fc800e6b3b4383b85d9549f14a90cf4602e2201a93ddda9
font_02_sfnt_off0001362f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1362F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1