Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4387cec5326fd608…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:12:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 86e13d5758ad26fe2225b4264030ed45 SHA-1: b8f40a9f241076ef173c23048cb19462d0a19e40 SHA-256: 4387cec5326fd6087c73761c849cb2e688f04b64bf58e1a828dc77ee79796b06
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a password-protected archive. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af80c249cb---41845660569.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/napofuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120b8e87c3a0---81419371670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/731175e9d8499fde9c807080b94802cd/74424684723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d2c5f6e0ee62e2aa72c868e596e1a86/tewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdmsrl.it/userfiles/files/mofiduli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/83597482492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/39946782529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84c7d238c3e30eb9e64188121a21e24/nujedazefejikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b949ed0348b---xuwiwaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/nekekiguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/42746095386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110f10f04eee---11250969945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/kagonovubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cd0c86850---vutaxolusajuzosamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/bukidolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kio75nbmb7u47jp6a0rj1vgk5/51715755661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/novifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/vizijibekanamegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/dotigilijigetezitamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotamsui.com/ck_imgs/files/30908568803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://treeoflifetolfu.com/clients/0/07/07f122ebb3396bb3f917f2e62af81596/File/fofefebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmresidences.com/images/bulk_images/files/30747131563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=como+unir+varios+archivos+pdf+en+uno+solo+en+lineaPDF 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_off0000fab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB6 18928 bytes
SHA-256: b4004c4f7de8851d22c83ccf01ef91b42b0797ce5c416d30dd4f4aa575b19011
font_01_sfnt_off00012a93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A93 10984 bytes
SHA-256: acfb8091e66a630b972c13504d80215ad54a3ce052c544872cd6f272f6d75c4d
font_02_sfnt_off000143e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1