Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 453fade38ad587f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-10-02 17:22:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 00520f8d9320304d562a8c7351bd366d SHA-1: e8698861ab17180574fd9aae128ef5a164ce72d7 SHA-256: 453fade38ad587f3afe090ab63d2467deb999f0495cd79a87b81be532427be22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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 http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/giwajolometuvapojexi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ihdbd.org/upload/files/71836193492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robolitulinasaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161514649cf3e7---kedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/33510519430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbizkorea.com/userData/board/file/27391164424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///nivegopefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midoriku.zaitakunet.jp/app/webroot/upload_images/files/70345254342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613caee44eb4c---30596100951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepducphat.com/upload/files/popuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tabularasa.lv/sites/tabularasa/uploads/documents/files/zofigibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/futetidesadetotuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba882f2c86---78375909842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adgroup.co/userfiles/file/wadalegobupesigimadupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/53959680277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d407ce27e03d1897820eaca14aef04ad/94594838010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravegudadakujidebonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0922.sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/nebirugowetitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/xubiwepelesiviserufiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoshitomo-kokubunji.com/jcfiles/file/24538783400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d80424995f---vifojutimukitepurapulerez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alharithiforcameras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luguwumerope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/15305482792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+active+and+passive+voice+in+simple+present+tense+negativePDF 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_off0000af45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c75c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC75C 11116 bytes
SHA-256: d75a180065da9c4817318f1ec7d56c63b758f13373f2a5ec09b999b6e90110a4
font_02_sfnt_off0000e11b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE11B 14820 bytes
SHA-256: b3a8e6a6c06093d9a2eddbd37321378ab452a83169bf23fb8d7fb02907ecf822