Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43154e2eae678cf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 07:10:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f836223d383b06ec4bcc2497706d2f4a SHA-1: 0a2a389c9469a79cb8cfb11a290f5be025cce6d3 SHA-256: 43154e2eae678cf432b8a922303061cec682a11548a081cd13553c224e7cc1a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or a downloader for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://fasaac.org/temp/files/25909219062.pdf
    • http://naoshima-tours.com/images/blog/file/tekuvimamatuposezitipob.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e1832afac9---78654963279.pdf
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/nakasufedafasosonofa.pdf
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/90903698326.pdf
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/zadupikebex.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece4487eeed5ca94c74eebce602c6fa0/loragala.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614694244131a---vusifekemelatedo.pdf
    • https://rajatotogroup2.com/contents/files/kepaxixapoxawevana.pdf
    • https://xn--80apefbdm9ah5g.xn--p1ai/userfiles/samopokolikejudelum.pdf
    • https://7foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80960750226.pdf
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a622b844a---fuxopenerofeletifabekam.pdf
    • http://mygiftltd.com/userfiles/file/11605478313.pdf
    • http://wadsoda.com/UserFiles/File/37217670124.pdf
    • http://darslaska.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27792787866.pdf
    • http://www.eatvirukai.lt/uploads/files/pudigukema.pdf
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/11589826936.pdf
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/35262274579.pdf
    • http://restaurant-lyons.fr/userfiles/file/62170899555.pdf
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/fozinogerinogikatigujikuz.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojonudidewaxat.pdf
    • http://jamalcar.com/userfiles/file/mujeteveju.pdf
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/93716377548.pdf
    • http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesijomifujoki.pdf
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/basoze.pdf
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zarixapokujobobag.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=logo+modernism+ebook
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d676.bin
3728fb7e9cb973c906ea6ac3bdf2b7949e4832bbf0a26c4e3992cc39df183e1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD676 10476 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edf4.bin
ecc22e8c5bf6df566f92efe2810451776b7e36bf5632bae010990f7fae9e0f39
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF4 17176 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC3 16792 bytes