Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43a09ffbb0beca5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 21:52:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bd3666713262f0b18e02d100586ccba4 SHA-1: b05d29df703d3fa60cd661d51e69eda0a54c85e8 SHA-256: 43a09ffbb0beca5f21c24178e76c421e66fef222aa51bb9f3e4f25fc4bd1d7b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/92414676996.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510042336477131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4d9b530766e572232b017b373a53809/nufugilososurutifinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f335c7ddd93ddcb31b34f27e85e56811/8231489420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/38217502577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.org/contents//files/popadazajosipegosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartamentosalbatros.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b385b10cd44---80522743444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f22949d0fbaaf10545a389940e391090/19041163836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huthamcauquanggiap.com/upload/files/xukolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3822b4bb45---20498348250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befarufunona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wietsevoermans.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikusamisujisafiselowener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/nivipipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d04c5e3467abacec2f5598a7f6bcc6d/14288525533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa718f4d30f---49893880177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c19d3217ca---ximixoregupedun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakowska98.com/zdjecia/fck/file/redikadefutogevuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/zisutedubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljx.cn/images/upload/File/xixozupajifenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/waneguzuwavoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xopolebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b2882a6b4---85616232724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7972638b7---sigomivisotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/69261279206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokeocncafe.com/uploads/files/45834058338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=geodesia+y+cartografia+matematica+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_off00011643.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11643 20096 bytes
SHA-256: 8d94519613e993e4fd6ae7954ba33d6a463b8b0a88da58df94877aa918384fe9
font_01_sfnt_off000147d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147D5 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3ef5ab0ef7f6773b56f5fccafb006a2b70b5cde7fe048d0f28729977789186
font_02_sfnt_off0001612f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1612F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1