Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43d76141d434a0a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 08:50:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3b3b502d568e74548ab99a7a15c5cfc6 SHA-1: 5c60d460ec2a71319208b6ff234000c471eda7bf SHA-256: 43d76141d434a0a9a6a09e88073c23e47a3e4953692315bbe144814c6c12e5ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://edusfera.pl/upload/file/farupamawekugazebudamif.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecoledesgourmets.com/userfiles/file/41214634042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ml1blqommckm09utvmnjdnbear/kinevaloda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f16f4ac69---3933765580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff7f8ae7b78---65293980626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f21a2dba82---10328240921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/6945540250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bce70254d8---kamebogitovalizanosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jadurepuwefakiresosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897529dae58---86118369102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cj05vjqvi0lr34pd2l9lllcqiu/53986132960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078571a7258e---47633991844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e47c70e9c---pebodatugajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mprs3kk48atp8dfmnq10pu1sja/simim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/xowidixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64d2f0f24ebf4ed5388e1fc6cc2b3d42/tenogefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents//files/lumudexarotogipube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ville-dammarie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rupuvimefikinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43b2bab75ee3ea437d45d3ef18f0ad77/26619709359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/30013237146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concept-art.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/9922366768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870eeb1c6b4---80333623716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fdf2f125f13afb6d78f0266a465da42/novifavokubegazanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=a+trav%C3%A3%C2%A9s+de+mi+ventana+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_off0000f2c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C1 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 4ccd706fa78f5377c858cde8d35971a7458fd264543bc99fb2e1362a7993302a
font_01_sfnt_off00010c32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C32 17312 bytes
SHA-256: 32964382587785de6f3d3a121ddf4ff44ec714c8715ea8bfbea1536cb157f5ed
font_02_sfnt_off0001385f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1385F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1