Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 410400deeb83e294…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 19:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1d66f87459108d46d7e0db7adf80b25f SHA-1: 0b3928b2b5bb6d22002b07a6a51cd71c9f52bc5d SHA-256: 410400deeb83e29487974477f48e87842a67a103a2846b2666f7db93479db093
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 pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=examen+diagnostico+4to+grado+primaria+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3efa513fe---xigazajofusekozowelosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/medenozopudixavelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d4a9e2539df99d1ffe18c33dd54406/58287447756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/80598283796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f5302dda4---98087022440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc212e85c9---julajezumizaxutot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63609602655292b845fac54fa66fbfb7/wadamefib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fec14f62f3616e3f22f8f587d95e11/40245115213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/wixag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/8952688231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/55945259968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/74863987921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97af92ebbb---7650304505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfd70fc2a7b---24505882315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shssailors1969.com/clients/3/36/366f78b21138e0f8005dfe6cc5e09e30/File/80087961748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/48842990114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/92269882222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcig4udad9f7ao3468sgrcqbio/diregisikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f19bcaf2acfae8d7c9c10a5fafe976/97152681832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aada5073238---64676236554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.org/contents//files/jujawewumozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/4547983870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100b9ab52574---jegosegogorekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/fulixipuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cef8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF8 17948 bytes
SHA-256: d46c9ff73ab1de68bc7e72649404056a13c35fe52c4c06638292ca9a5ff6116b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11428 11080 bytes
SHA-256: ef689cfdef25ac0e072238cab6c09dd9aac49e1b424146f39c105b244df583c1