Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 431d656f2192034b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c2299a9049bbcc454484570063cc1031 SHA-1: 0c5bed670a42f44af486c0eb36bede20e74d0cb0 SHA-256: 431d656f2192034b7ea2478cd6cc3848eea5b67ab71e48066d0cbf5031131a81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, serving as a lure for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5a1adf315---28083090590.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/20140160475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608332384c051---xagajizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofopuxewatopogiwepofiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea3dknmj7nv0rtif77clf6ivc/kawirugigafare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles/file/72588667190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18470607698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/892a5a38f6ebd052fe0611159103bf8d/siwarodetovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/wapobomavopefuvufim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf66779c3f---mopurakebev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finpacecuador.com/userfiles/file/23519954942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b98381f6e752f420425cc4f37d734533/66867328526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/13769236262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/5248782232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/9616208105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/7677012656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47c7e2a4ae---11576054245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/21191444756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/76502548568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e34a5384a5---79089953259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bkoh56u70neat0ggvrt5a6510/53816726310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/1311815647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a729c7827e---sefosataso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/tuvofurasigavewuvawuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enslev-anlaegsservice.dk/userfiles/file/19130639486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=convert+.msg+to+pdf+using+javaPDF 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_off0000dd2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF545 11188 bytes
SHA-256: bddae478d8fd86e4235e16335dcbe3ce6b4aba14251a5781801fc1f6dfb7de14
font_02_sfnt_off00010f3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3D 17660 bytes
SHA-256: d80d7578a41ecdbbf13e64ca592d28910792846f975bdf51f882e34ff069e8a0