Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 432b8295a4344c2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:57:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5c572aff99205ec42c71664438e731ba SHA-1: ae5808fb5722a26c5ae2fe21b9bd6fc0acac3fc8 SHA-256: 432b8295a4344c2d9d2af056c756f64a148ca5d1efc3feca4ec01b2db596717f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/tafapananapetom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce4b65ea54---zaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7561798cfde01dc0695f1c33bc222da1/xukutomotalubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b0c88c9b0---20663980533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66350052130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210713042242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/79981929046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/voxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678d4434e593f2bbf90fa5c0630d9028/53972016019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/97161977382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/rufofazumuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c114a0525d7---98752308264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marikakozmetika.hu/editor_up/24565973982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobas.cz/userfiles/file/nubaterafanajane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumawinofanojefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0968527b3ade91a04b9a8a692388a7b/90406194259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-cluny.cz/UserFiles/file/90401242935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f97fc6092980b1e2d74a5e0ae577af5/juwisixegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/38770619869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a122b9a7e---96766301896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emurus.jp/userfiles/file/29923345763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=atlas+de+p%C3%A9trographie+pdfPDF 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_off0000d3c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDA 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 730ec6989b9105ba855f31ef24879bb0b0d72a90115c5528aa8446201c46b191
font_02_sfnt_off0001045e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1045E 19288 bytes
SHA-256: e3c48b3682b6722b33f5d2e05a64347ca7cc06d2f0e01e10462cd608776eddc7