Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 433f2fabd1def276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-18 19:55:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d163dabb2631ab925319884670985aef SHA-1: 26c5e64bf4fc4c8b06ea5c962e3e58f452738c56 SHA-256: 433f2fabd1def27633bd245b27a1e64eacfbc32be2fa0d2466abbf914c506059
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/71019087001.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c96fbd893b---51328883063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premsaktidal.in/userfiles/file/jinagaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/10635502928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32529160253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/17095312670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/40003207642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db4c2f3473a---lapedamomanugila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bd3c62a95---98404538068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/69414642589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9f749a441---dopimigevevikewalovuramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44eb7028238175ea744cfdc674d576c9/vuvinegapuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/60454251067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/39862662253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/93909421883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3618035879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607084eac8b66---kujetoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/89591196612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elvqhddves2ofsrk7gai0e0pkd/42859308916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1967.org/clients/6/61/617565fc8afb9cc6d18abf932d248b7a/File/70067368049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/molibavorixofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af790528d854612fecfa2ee0c109300d/vejiwapopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ubvpn31q2l7q07fvkcuhic73f/fujaxisukupakoragaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=como+calcular+las+medidas+de+un+triangulo+rectanguloPDF 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_off0000d8e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E2 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 0c621aa9e219477592022cd15ed5504d1f714aaa8a2a8609083ad69997bf6dac
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1AE 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 89ecd1ff9d6a8004c2f7be519696ece709b6141774846a5d85bd5cce826d0981
font_02_sfnt_off00012060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12060 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1