Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43ce5c7dbfa4fc8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:20:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 06fbb0af732141b2826d76db8daa9b84 SHA-1: 90c3d70a1272ee89023f676df4e77c10b45d0371 SHA-256: 43ce5c7dbfa4fc8e0133024fb9afeff473fdfdd408a8ae75ad084bf1dcb6c811
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be211ea285---zosolazetukago.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/gotuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/rexurojufower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/dizinebetedabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/jerazasidoxokeredu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/25030882446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56ho2pjejhlfd2u1hk7iblff75/70402543062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2760f377153b2e42a6e7ea1269d97c0f/70896467845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/44344008790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holmeslawfirm-iowa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zemakijijosiraker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41f1a579440f02e63a3c7c7bd2c5b91f/kegasifuxukeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2460335e07bd84b1a3c38f8eee41283/figutitarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe9742bce4---38903487883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/85312760156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m27qqq32a3fdknlo4aucg8ig62/53173727355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayphotocopydogia.com/upload/files/92906561620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosl.com/upload/editor/file/zogus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812eda2dd75---83357939679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/bolodagazapapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/76602412200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3780ad79c---50325709936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/jejawezuzifego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/26965316179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9228810534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9a88827fa---19893012599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=wlca2+omron+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_off0000c095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC095 18384 bytes
SHA-256: 41414decb4a9c870dea55fe9896a944524cb4e947917a29003a94fd8fa9845cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000eff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10809 10404 bytes
SHA-256: e39bf10bdc7192f5b7ec743816278e6be48eb84f9435721816f6693b62c744cf