Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 432f503683590188…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:57:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f199e45a637cae1e94c85361d71dd54b SHA-1: 0fbb64498cb0d902e12a5cc6fdbf68215afcec4f SHA-256: 432f5036835901881975de073d38c10f3670b1a867df4c628e312f1150186967
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+see+screen+time+in+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c62e9f591---84102103279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaynhe.com/upload/files/tolagupibupupofodumawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borisovhlebprom.by/var/upload/file/99776051016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriolefashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pefusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63549113460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41269436936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenikharvconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/wukawimuzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countryclaim.cz/userfiles/file/wuduvevubamawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servauto.fr/img/user/file/zibamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/wojepajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/8208487993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/duravigilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150007.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210906213752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.info/upload/files/tirekisanazolitogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomaszbizon.tomaszbizon.pl/web/uploads/files/nemogeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23b665146cf33aeeddb8e3f0aa593356/16677513838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/tajuvuguxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/89308877593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.ro/editor_up/gokolamodobidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korzo-galeria.hu/files/file/37256042150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archielectronics.com/userfiles/files/bunijeripupuwowijipawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/73890175890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/52224405988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614232009d3d9---40096812339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maturitni-ples.eu/UserFiles/File/22436706233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartapr.com/images/upload/file/70559817501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aias.pnu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23475212941.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_off0000dda8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5BA 18252 bytes
SHA-256: ed50092b869d9833ad95f8ded0a7f7f69bd06ce48a9ce0c09f8163da1988fa60
font_02_sfnt_off000124db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124DB 10560 bytes
SHA-256: f6aaf80efda78f85ea6a3b0962822160969a9a146320e6c0d4305818faa8ae9b