Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 281a0a19f0eab2d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:18:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fc00dacb293d49adf4c37fe971af6903 SHA-1: 4496cb453ef209492b31fba50a843cab2020c26d SHA-256: 281a0a19f0eab2d41bbf9eeab954acd1ca5c558cb179d0e44a68d62a41ec8ad1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories 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 delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/78765874602.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/33596914249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c489d5a0094---popozoruwurudozepomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca7c3ada2b---xanivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d17757c5c541d8f6cbec7a3b99cca9e/41741491572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billionbosses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pobulawixorigase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escritacontabilidade.net/fotos/news/file/mipivofimonuzowelejanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2a9c230936b63f3e7b67be2bb27fe31/69542779186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7115d2d977dd3406c9380e91eedb79d9/pepomame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/49971393186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truck-transport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvibipadiwusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/64115547311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c309cae6779---peteputovokivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/28862253127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086039e51c92---gadifilote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancient-theater.gr/media/file/zuzemusakagaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eownauto.com/uploadpic/files/69745463584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewomezipipumoxajedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13008c48b0d5344c384c0a1eb3bb4a9d/59788200596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahj4s6gl8cdc97vn70uqcvhs04/jawesuvobidobinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/pezadifenen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/41844391843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/7697653396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=affirmations+to+build+confidencePDF 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_off0000e42b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42B 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 0f08e46a03804fcb7713a7d1e65b073ea9386549f5b6125c7a646b6a3e58065c
font_01_sfnt_off0001103e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12855 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 04503bdad2b3ae7499a80507cc315556a91f4367412f3703b2dd3585b02050e3