Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 406a2bfa2c69cb1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:04:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bad3338cc28f7219b000090b8f14413e SHA-1: 3ccbc28a728b07b2819985e8fadfbed725c740cd SHA-256: 406a2bfa2c69cb1aaa37dcd386a91c2a04c3eb64c6743a778917642aa7d0f544
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it's likely part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially downloading further payloads. The document body's obfuscated nature and the presence of heuristics like 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' and 'SE_QR_LURE' further support a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/87939805584.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ddad8d8610---81626421214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zanakifabunakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80922933893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/20992179927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/dusibegosadawakigesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/panomito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13673479061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44744aa4d6c53128c33bf5229fffdf70/89712141997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gjbbang.com/userData/board/file/28005296924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.larche-de-jules.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bemujaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a0c9dbb9ffd1a69e940c827951b7aa/kemaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333c0d9b9a5fee705d6d3431cd00b9ac/58187342352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szm.hu/userfiles/file/72756469807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///falel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/baxazuvanozozirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/33937707374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139132981697---22100030061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gatufuzojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e84ainoou8jemh3j2rkj0v2m87/74832256449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/tosukumulamuveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/mixoronukozexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reclamesticker.nl/images/uploads/file/In PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/zaxawutoguvosobena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlejia.com/uploadfile/files/20210901_165225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/kekuxeburalaboboruzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sudoku+for+androidPDF 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_off0000fe42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE42 17824 bytes
SHA-256: a3f9c7f1311ca6841f6aad912230464d29063e28c9ff633c5fa65f128e1c7e01
font_01_sfnt_off00012c59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C59 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 1752f24442679151c533f4147deb539111614f11f443f527c90b3fc3f858c607
font_02_sfnt_off00014335.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14335 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1