Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 493c8a713324c0b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-09-24 15:34:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e9bc5763bb581e0c134b4d5b686db4d8 SHA-1: ae83d60fb8335b3fc7305d90c1e6942ed137132e SHA-256: 493c8a713324c0b37b606b929d3100dffd58e59d83dd197cdbb2c8f97cacb616
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, which are then used to deliver further payloads or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/japufinarebak.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/gupanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents/files/wutatorekelakujimaxiwadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93421346433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/satunamonevupuzamegenopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631733681_5a6e2dcf24.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/nidele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99611351952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/popewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cities.com/blog_images/blog_/file/93762656369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.com/userfiles/file/20210913093523_1752764637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomovijunowujakila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/fakenejumijudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/85959154759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitez.net/images/newtech/files/logilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/puzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149f83f89f70---92734446162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/4327660757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a53846ec251120147fbec930a8025f5c/79686529310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/berefulivime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/34656080588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux-school.ru/files/files/nisomuxofobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613368e2764a9---nejexusigiwevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskypohar.cz/upload/file/6724021515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sims+4+all+dlc+mac+downloadPDF 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_off0000aeb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEB1 13768 bytes
SHA-256: a0470addf371cabcd39b3107ca3d7afff0c56a3e64db6591ad51a52305f30480
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0EE 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 381401b81321f55b37c9baff248acb8098f3d5c034ef7211d682261f6f42ecbd
font_02_sfnt_off0000e89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1