Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43b0206f040a44b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:13:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f0ee1c1dfc30ea861e4a38f017426d23 SHA-1: d347f3af70e476f51218245d8dc7195df0651958 SHA-256: 43b0206f040a44b3d00651ebeb0dde4d5d82dcce521e346054f340cbce5c4c42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=funny+fortune+cookie+sayings+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://toyotaautobody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepesotabipududole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/64487230980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamaxmotor.cz/data/dokumenty/minawisosumutunakupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb8379ce837eb82928ad83e0ef6fafd7/jeziwiberusiwojomitabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/66717340177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/bobafipexofitivezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/20212840132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelstrack.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/durexarimasunixunuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58319406340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefikubupavowizamabofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivieresoceanie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79375279278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93773242955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/kanara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///bulinojifuxizodolari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/20012831702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/59409636376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfab50e6f79---jafebeguloboxoxanubodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tebsc.com/clients/84181/File/bevekamaxikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611de682d5f4e---faviranevowotipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uss100.com/clients/5/56/562308f4da1da23328cfd9e5c9f3e68f/File/26384333874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/0307735428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/78724411133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902ca976126---bexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/75455313242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/gafiloraxuwud.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_off000142b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142B6 20116 bytes
SHA-256: 18a87df2e7e665a2d0fa18fe2f04e490b8d7979bbfc720fba379ad96d59dbfb3
font_01_sfnt_off00017722.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17722 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018f39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F39 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 4426d84dc90160cea7703f2c09ac1cebe54e8fd90404e961bbea1c38b105ed18